There are many reasons why hospitality is important in the Odyssey. For instance it may change the way your future might affect your future or it might even just mess your present up way more than it already is. First, one reason that hospitality is important in The Odyssey is because it’s a Greek/Roman kind of ritual. You treat others into your home as if it was theirs. This affected the Cyclops because he acted as if the whole island and cave was his. That the people in his cave belonged to him. This ended up backfiring on himself later when Odysseus and his crew stab him in the eye with a big Olive Tree. Another, hospitality is also important because the gods in The Odyssey are always watching everybody and everything at all times. If