A moment’s hesitation gives way to remembered duty, and the strangers are received with full honor.

In this passage from The Odyssey, Menelaus rebukes his steward for even considering turning travelers away, recalling how he himself once depended on the hospitality of others. He orders the horses unyoked and the guests brought inside to feast. Telemachus and Peisistratus are led into the radiant palace, bathed, anointed, and clothed, then seated beside Menelaus and served rich food and drink. Observing their bearing, Menelaus declares that they must be of royal blood, for such presence could not belong to the sons of common men.

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