All 43 Uses of
hospitable
in
The Odyssey by Homer - (translated by: Pope)
- While his fond soul these fancied triumphs swell'd, The stranger guest the royal youth beheld; Grieved that a visitant so long should wait Unmark'd, unhonour'd, at a monarch's gate; Instant he flew with hospitable haste, And the new friend with courteous air embraced.†
Book 1 *
- And now, their thirst by copious draughts allay'd, The youthful hero and the Athenian maid Propose departure from the finish'd rite, And in their hollow bark to pass the night; But this hospitable sage denied, "Forbid it, Jove!†
Book 3
- Here shall the wandering stranger find his home, And hospitable rites adorn the dome."†
Book 3
- To these the hospitable sage, in sign Of social welcome, mix'd the racy wine (Late from the mellowing cask restored to light, By ten long years refined, and rosy bright).†
Book 3
- His house affords the hospitable rite, And pleased they sleep (the blessing of the night).†
Book 3
- Telemachus with Pisistratus arriving at Sparta, is hospitably received by Menelaus to whom he relates the cause of his coming, and learns from him many particulars of what befell the Greeks since the destruction of Troy.†
Book 4
- (with a sigh the king replies,) Too long, misjudging, have I thought thee wise But sure relentless folly steals thy breast, Obdurate to reject the stranger-guest; To those dear hospitable rites a foe, Which in my wanderings oft relieved my woe; Fed by the bounty of another's board, Till pitying Jove my native realm restored—— Straight be the coursers from the car released, Conduct the youths to grace the genial feast."†
Book 4
- When thus the king, with hospitable port; "Accept this welcome to the Spartan court: The waste of nature let the feast repair, Then your high lineage and your names declare; Say from what sceptred ancestry ye claim, Recorded eminent in deathless fame, For vulgar parents cannot stamp their race With signatures of such majestic grace."†
Book 4
- Then bids prepare the hospitable treat: Vain shows of love to veil his felon hate!†
Book 4
- Thus having spoke, the nymph the table spread (Ambrosial cates, with nectar rosy-red); Hermes the hospitable rite partook, Divine refection!†
Book 5
- Waked by the shrilling sound, Ulysses rose, And, to the deaf woods wailing, breathed his woes: "Ah me! on what inhospitable coast, On what new region is Ulysses toss'd; Possess'd by wild barbarians fierce in arms; Or men, whose bosom tender pity warms?†
Book 6
- But since thou tread'st our hospitable shore, 'Tis mine to bid the wretched grieve no more, To clothe the naked, and thy way to guide.†
Book 6
- "Show me, fair daughter (thus the chief demands), The house of him who rules these happy lands Through many woes and wanderings, do I come To good Alcinous' hospitable dome.†
Book 7
- Now pleased and satiate from the social rite Repair we to the blessings of the night; But with the rising day, assembled here, Let all the elders of the land appear, Pious observe our hospitable laws, And Heaven propitiate in the stranger's cause; Then join'd in council, proper means explore Safe to transport him to the wished-for shore (How distant that, imports us not to know, Nor weigh the labour, but relieve the woe).†
Book 7
- They went, and found a hospitable race: Not prone to ill, nor strange to foreign guest, They eat, they drink, and nature gives the feast The trees around them all their food produce: Lotus the name: divine, nectareous juice!†
Book 9
- At least, some hospitable gift bestow; 'Tis what the happy to the unhappy owe; 'Tis what the gods require: those gods revere; The poor and stranger are their constant care; To Jove their cause, and their revenge belongs, He wanders with them, and he feels their wrongs."†
Book 9
- "The giant then: 'Our promis'd grace receive, The hospitable boon we mean to give: When all thy wretched crew have felt my power, Noman shall be the last I will devour.'†
Book 9
- Thy barbarous breach of hospitable bands, The god, the god revenges by my hands.'†
Book 9
- Be it my task to send with ample stores The stranger from our hospitable shores: Tread you my steps!†
Book 11
- The swain replied: "It never was our guise To slight the poor, or aught humane despise: For Jove unfold our hospitable door, 'Tis Jove that sends the stranger and the poor, Little, alas!†
Book 14
- His vest succinct then girding round his waist, Forth rush'd the swain with hospitable haste.†
Book 14
- "Thou first be witness, hospitable Jove!†
Book 14
- to guard the hospitable rite, And fearing Jove, whom mercy's works delight.†
Book 14
- The monarch's son a shipwreck'd wretch relieved, The sire with hospitable rites received, And in his palace like a brother placed, With gifts of price and gorgeous garments graced While here I sojourn'd, oft I heard the fame How late Ulysses to the country came.†
Book 14
- Screen'd by protecting gods from hostile eyes, They led me to a good man and a wise, To live beneath thy hospitable care, And wait the woes Heaven dooms me yet to bear."†
Book 14
- While pensive in this solitary den, Far from gay cities and the ways of men, I linger life; nor to the court repair, But when my constant queen commands my care; Or when, to taste her hospitable board, Some guest arrives, with rumours of her lord; And these indulge their want, and those their woe, And here the tears and there the goblets flow.†
Book 14
- great laud and praise were mine (Replied the swain, for spotless faith divine), If after social rites and gifts bestow'd, I stain'd my hospitable hearth with blood.†
Book 14
- Alike he thwarts the hospitable end, Who drives the free, or stays the hasty friend: True friendship's laws are by this rule express'd, Welcome the coming, speed the parting guest.†
Book 15
- This silver bowl, whose costly margins shine Enchased with old, this valued gift be thine; To me this present, of Vulcanian frame, From Sidon's hospitable monarch came; To thee we now consign the precious load, The pride of kings, and labour of a god."†
Book 15
- To Diocles at Pherae they repair, Whose boasted sire was sacred Alpheus' heir; With him all night the youthful stranger stay'd, Nor found the hospitable rites unpaid, But soon as morning from her orient bed Had tinged the mountains with her earliest red, They join'd the steeds, and on the chariot sprung, The brazen portals in their passage rung.†
Book 15
- Reward this stranger's hospitable love!†
Book 15
- The prince return'd: "Renown'd in days of yore Has stood our father's hospitable door; No other roof a stranger should receive, No other hands than ours the welcome give.†
Book 15
- To this Peiraeus: "Joyful I obey, Well pleased the hospitable rites to pay.†
Book 15
- To whom the hospitable swain rejoins: "Thy passion, prince, belies thy knowing mind.†
Book 17
- Telemachus, absorb'd in thought severe, Nourish'd deep anguish, though he shed no tear; But the dark brow of silent sorrow shook: While thus his mother to her virgins spoke: "On him and his may the bright god of day That base, inhospitable blow repay!"†
Book 17
- "Without infringing hospitable right, This guest (he cried) shall bear the guiding light: I cheer no lazy vagrants with repast; They share the meal that earn it ere they taste."†
Book 19
- Twelve days while Boreas vex'd the aerial space, My hospitable dome he deign'd to grace: And when the north had ceased the stormy roar, He wing'd his voyage to the Phrygian shore."†
Book 19
- that e'er thy hospitable roof Ulysses graced, confirm by faithful proof; Delineate to my view my warlike lord, His form, his habit, and his train record."†
Book 19
- His speech the tempest of her grief restored; In all he told she recognized her lord: But when the storm was spent in plenteous showers, A pause inspiriting her languish'd powers, "O thou, (she cried,) whom first inclement Fate Made welcome to my hospitable gate; With all thy wants the name of poor shall end: Henceforth live honour'd, my domestic friend!†
Book 19
- Then with Telemachus the social feast Partaking free, my soul invited guest; Whoe'er neglects to pay distinction due, The breach of hospitable right may rue.†
Book 19
- Pleased with his wise reply, the queen rejoin'd: "Such gentle manners, and so sage a mind, In all who graced this hospitable bower I ne'er discerned, before this social hour.†
Book 19
- to contemn the stranger's righteous cause, And violate all hospitable laws!†
Book 23
- To him, whatever to a guest is owed I paid, and hospitable gifts bestow'd: To him seven talents of pure ore I told, Twelve cloaks, twelve vests, twelve tunics stiff with gold: A bowl, that rich with polish'd silver flames, And skill'd in female works, four lovely dames."†
Book 24
Definition:
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(hospitable) welcomingin various senses, including:
- inclined to treat guests well -- as in "She is good-natured and hospitable."
- favorable to life and growth -- as in "The climate is hospitable to roses."
- open to new ideas or change -- as in "The organization is hospitable to new ideas."