s stay on her island. Likewise, Ulysses, Pete, and Delmar are detained against their will at their Mississippi chain gang. Despite the fact that they are being punished for committing crimes, they are also provided for in that they have food and shelter. Odysseus's son, Telemachos, and his wife, Penelope, are also hospitable when his long time friends Mentes and Mentor come to visit. Telemachos greets Athene, in the form of Mentes, with incredible kindness, saying, " 'Welcome, stranger. You shall be entertained as guest among us'" (I, 122-123). Without question, Mentes is accepted into Odysseus's palace, showing just some of the hospitality exhibited in the poem. Similarly, Ulysses and his chain gang friends, Pete and Delmar, are shown hospitality by Pete's cousin. He permits them to stay in his barn overnight and provides them with shelter and food. However, he later reports the criminals to the local sheriff. Therefore, this is an example both of the value of hospitality and the cruelty when it is not shown. The two aforementioned examples of hospitality prove to be the extent of that theme in the movie. To the contrary, the theme of hospitality continues throughout the poem. For instance, Telemachos and his crew arrive on Pylos and are immediately welcomed into Nestor's celebrations:
             These men, when they sighted the strangers, all came down together and gave them greeting with their hands and offered them places. First Peisistratos, son of Nestor, came close to them and took them both by hands, and seated them at the feasting (III, 34-37).
             Once again, the reader notices the generosity and openness of the Greeks towards others. Similarly, when Telemachos and Peisistratos end their journey
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