"Mix the wine in the bowl,
pour rounds to all our banqueters in the house
so we can pour out cups to Zeus who loves the lightning,
champion of suppliants – suppliants’ rights are sacred."
– Homer
The Odyssey, Book 7, lines 212-215. Alcinous isn’t just king of the Phaeacians, but he is the king of hospitality. He believes that it is his sacred duty to Zeus to respond to their guest Odysseus’ plea for help, in doing so it honor the god of hospitality.