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"Surely we two have eaten much hospitality from other men before we came back here. May Zeus only make an end of such misery hereafter."
-King Menalaos
This particular demonstration of hospitality shows gratitude. Menalaos is grateful for help that he once received, so he gives help to others.
This is basically the positive version of "an eye for an eye".
"But now, since it is our land and our city that you have come to, you shall not lack clothing nor anything else of those gifts which shall befall the unhappy suppliant on his arrival."
-Nausikaa
"This stranger, I do not know who he is, come wandering suppliant here to my house from the eastern or western people. He urges conveyance, and entreats us for its assurance. So let us, as we have done before, hasten to convey him, for neither has any other man who has come to my house stayed here grieving a long time for the matter of convoy."
-Alcinoos
Basically, if your country is well off enough to spare clothes and food for strangers, your country must be wealthy.
The encounter with Polyphemos shows us that even though hospitality is great to accept and many people will offer it, you should not always expect it. Not everyone follows your customs.
Odysseus's encounter with Aeolus shows us that not all people are willing to be hospitable. Aeolus wasn't willing to help the Ithacans more than once due to the fact that they obviously upset the gods.