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Originally Posted by Nazgūl-king
Nice flier! Perhaps with Rivendell we see a bit of the Greek idea of Xenia, in fact I notice a lot of places and people in Middle-earth show some of the idea. Xenia involves taking in a person, finding out about them, giving them food and drink, and entertaining them. There is also a gift exchange and the person who was the guest would show the person that was the host the same hospitality should that person come around where they live.
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Thanks. On one particular business excursion across the pond, our clients took us out one night to a nice restaurant in or near Oxford, then gave us a very informative walking tour of the same. We even walked by the Eagle and Child, though I didn't get the chance to go inside.
I try to keep this in mind when we are visited, though shamefully I don't know (or seem to be able to remember) the same amount of detail about my home base.
Then again, we tear down any place more than a 100 years old to make way for Big Box Marts.
