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The Traveller's Lexicon: xenia
A Greek word for the duty of hospitality.
Xenia (ξενία) — pronounced roughly “ksen-EE-ah” — is a Greek term for hospitality, the bond between host and guest. In ancient Greece it carried religious weight and obligations on both sides: the host should welcome and feed the stranger, and the guest should not abuse the welcome.
It is a useful idea for a traveller: you are always, in some sense, someone else's guest.
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