In the first eight or nine book of the Odyssey, all of the characters either expected hospitably or welcomed strangers into their mists. This was the excepted thing to do as a well off Greek, until now the last two stops that Odysseus has made, to the land of the Laestrygonians and also to the land of Circe. On the Laestrygonians’ island all it took was for the crew to see the kings daughter and ask where the king was, for them to go running into his hall expecting to be pampered. Instead of this happening as soon as they walk in the queen calls her husband the king. As soon as he sees what is in his halls, he starts to eat Odysseus’ crew. When the rest run out the king calls for the rest of the giants to destroy the ships with rocks. The only ship that makes it out is Odysseus’. This was probably the first time that Odysseus had never been receipted warmly so it was not surprising that he made the mistake that he did.

Right after all of this happens Odysseus’ only ship sails to the island of Circe. Once they get there he can see the smoke from the halls of Circe. He thought, “I’d scout the ground-that fire aglow in the smoke, I saw it, true, but soon enough this seemed the better plan” (10.165-68). He latter on decided to send his crew instead of him self. When the scout party got to Circe they were turned into pigs. Once again Odysseus thought that the people on the island were going to be nice. He latter saved the crew and stayed on the island for a year. After the first incident you would think that Odysseus would have learned form his lessons and not of trusted strange people, but he did it again.