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Xenia (Greek: ξενία) is an ancient Greek concept of hospitality. It is almost always translated as 'guest-friendship' or 'ritualized friendship'. [ 1 ] It is an institutionalized relationship rooted in generosity, gift exchange, and reciprocity. [ 2 ]
Baucis and Philemon were an old married couple in the region of Tyana, which Ovid places in Phrygia, and the only ones in their town to welcome disguised gods Zeus and Hermes (in Roman mythology, Jupiter and Mercury respectively), thus embodying the pious exercise of hospitality, the ritualized guest-friendship termed xenia, or theoxenia when a ...
Xenia, originally born Eusebia, was the only daughter of a wealthy Senator in Rome. She and two devoted servants of hers, left to avoid an arranged marriage. She escaped to Mylasa, on the island of Kos, where she accepted name "Xenia" (stranger). She wanted to hide in a deserted place not to be discovered by her parents.
The Greeks further divided this love into positive and negative: one, the unhealthy version, is the self-obsessed love, and the other is the concept of self-compassion. Aristotle also considers philautia to be the root of a general kind of love for family, friends, the enjoyment of an activity, as well as that between lovers.
Velasca (portrayed by Melinda Clarke) - Velasca served time as an Amazon queen after defeating her adoptive mother Queen Melosa for the crown. Also during her time as a deity, she dubs herself the "Goddess of Chaos". The One God - The One God, though never seen, is the ruler of Heaven and is usually represented through the Archangel Michael ...
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Xenia wanted to be with her aunt Ella, but was told the situation was too dangerous. [16] Xenia was exasperated on hearing of Russia's military defeat in Korea. [17] She had been angry about the start of the war and recorded her thoughts on the end, "and ended even more stupidly!"
Xenia Tchoumitcheva was born in Magnitogorsk, Russia.When she was 6 years old her family emigrated to Lugano, Switzerland. [9] [10] Tchoumitcheva lived in the Italian part of Switzerland, [11] [12] before moving to London, England.