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Just about 2,600 years after Homer composed the first lines of his epic poem, 鈥淭he Odyssey,鈥� American spiritual leader Baba Ram Dass told the followers of the growing hippie countercultural movement to 鈥渢reat everyone you meet like God in drag.鈥�

It鈥檚 hard to say how much these two men really had in common, but they shared a core philosophy that, arguably, is harder and harder to find in the contemporary world. Homer, and the ancient Greeks like him, called it xenia: the sacred practice of hospitality.

If you haven鈥檛 had the chance to explore the story of Odysseus and his journey home to Ithaca since your high school tried to make literary curiosity mandatory, a quick refresher: the Trojan War is over, and the Greek soldiers who successfully conquered and ransacked the city of Troy are ready to go home.

Odysseus, the mastermind behind the giant wooden horse that ended the war, is quickly blown off course and spends the next 10 years fighting through gods and monsters and sidequests as he tries (and often fails) to overcome his own hubris in an attempt to see his wife and son again.

The poem itself has gone through hundreds of retellings and translations (there are more than 60 in English alone), but they all have a consistent takeaway: you never know when the beggar on your stoop is secretly an immortal, all-powerful deity. To the Greeks, this meant that hospitality and generosity weren鈥檛 just signs of good character, they were nonoptional mandates of the highest order. It鈥檚 love thy neighbor turned up to 11.

One sideways insult in the wrong direction could mean a decade of dangerous weather and tumultuous seas; an empty alms bowl in the hands of a hungry old man might result in a devastating defeat on the battlefield.

Homer鈥檚 characters are 鈥� again and again 鈥� on the business end of 鈥渕ess around and find out.鈥� Yes, the story tells sweeping tales of bravery and valor, but compassion and empathy are usually the tipping points between victory and defeat.

If you鈥檙e curious enough to pick up a copy of The Odyssey for yourself, there are a few translations that manage to retain the original heart of the story while making room for accessibility and readability. If you鈥檙e hoping for a quick read that delivers on action and vibrancy while saving enough space for the rest of your growing 鈥淭BR鈥� pile, artist and author Gareth Hinds produced a gorgeous pencil and watercolor graphic novel translation back in 2010 that is worth a spot on your shelf.

Additionally, British classicist Emily Wilson is responsible for the translation that inspired director Christopher Nolan, and is a personal favorite. Wilson swaps the traditional Greek poetic form of dactylic hexameter (a style that isn鈥檛 particularly suited to English) for the more familiar iambic pentameter, and delivers on simple, beautiful verse that retains the soul of the original.

So, if you鈥檙e interested in diving back into Homer鈥檚 world of men and monsters (and monstrous men), or if you鈥檙e content leaving the story back in the halls of your high school English class, remember to keep a lookout for gods in drag 鈥� you never know whose blessing you鈥檒l need.

Flint Del Sol is a bookseller at Books on the Bosque, 6261 Riverside Plaza Lane, Suite A-2 or at .