Hospitality

Hospitality

Abigail

undoes husband’s unneighborliness with fare for David’s troops. [O.T.: I Samuel 25:23–27]

Abraham

graciously receives and treats three wayfarers. [O.T.: Genesis 18:1–15]

Acestes

Sicilian king; entertains Aeneas. [Rom. Lit.: Aeneid]

Alcandre

Polybus’ wife; entertains Helen and Menelaus on their way home from Troy. [Gk. Lit.: Odyssey]

Bailley, Harry

“Mr. Congeniality.” [Br. Lit.: Canterbury Tales]

Boniface

jovial innkeeper; name became generic for restaurateur. [Br. Drama: The Beaux’ Stratagem; Espy, 129]

fatted calf, the

best calf killed for feast to celebrate return of prodigal son. [N.T.: Luke 15:13]

Gatsby, Jay

character who serves nothing but the best to his guests. [Am. Lit.: The Great Gatsby]

Glorious Appollers, the

known for their cordiality and sociability. [Br. Lit.: Old Curiosity Shop]

Julian the Hospitaler

set up famed hospice for weary travelers. [Medieval Romance: Hall, 181]

Lot

treated and feted two disguised angels. [O.T.: Genesis, 19:1–3]

Lycus

by hospitably entertaining Hercules, earned his gratitude and military assistance. [Gk. Myth.: Zimmerman, 156]

oak

symbol of graciousness. [Flower Symbolism: Flora Symbolica, 176]

Phaeacians

island people befriend and aid both Odysseus and the Argonauts. [Gk. Myth.: Benét, 780]

Philemon and Baucis

poor couple welcomes disguised gods refused by rich households. [Rom. Lit.: Metamorphoses]