Question

Read the excerpt from The Odyssey.

Then, throwing
his arms around this marvel of a father
Telemachus began to weep. Salt tears
rose from the wells of longing in both men,
and cries burst from both as keen and fluttering
as those of the great taloned hawk,
whose nestings farmers take before they fly

This excerpt is an example of which value important to ancient Greek society?

hospitality
generosity
perseverance
family ties

Answer 1

Family ties

The passage describes the emotional reunion of father and son—their weeping and embrace—highlighting the importance of familial bonds in ancient Greek society.