Guests and hosts have obligations in which need to be fulfilled to a certain extent. The attitudes exhibited by one party to another should be reciprocated. Fortunately this is the case for Odysseus. Greed overtakes (yet again) and any good sense remaining in Odysseus and his crew is no longer evident. This chapter of the “flashback chapters” shows the abuse of hospitality by the men of Odysseus. Odysseus wishes to meet Polyphemus despite discouragement from his companions and upon their scout they begin eating Polyphemus' food while occupying his shelter without his consent. This is an example of why the long term antagonism of Odysseus by Poseidon is deserved. In retaliation to the misconduct shown by Odysseus, Polyphemus kills a number of
