It is important for Telemachus to meet Pisitratus because Pisistratus taught him a lot about hospitality and about greeting and treating guests. The Greeks feel that hospitality is a necessity, because they would never know if it was a god disguised as a regular person. So they have to treat everyone with respect.
The Odyssey is one of two main ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer. It is, in part, a continuation to The Iliad, the other work ascribed to Homer.
It was possibly composed near the end of the 8th century BC, somewhere in Ionia, the Greek coastal region of Anatolia. The poem primarily centres on the Greek hero Odysseus (or Ulysses, as he was known in Roman myths) and his long journey home after the fall of Troy.
Most of us read "The Odyssey" because we have to, as a school assignment, or because we think we should. (It is, after all, one of the foundational works of Western literature; Goethe called it and "The Iliad""the two most important books in the world.") What surprises many readers is that it still has the power to enchant. Find out more at The Huffington Post.
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