The characters in Book 6 Naucisaa, Arete, and King Alcinous represent peaceful hospitality. Naucisaa gives Odysseus clothing, even though she doesn't know him. She brings him to her home and her parents give him food and arrange for him to have a ship to bring him home. Odysseus is used to life at war, at King Alcinous' palace is a place of luxury and leisure. It is Odysseus' first peaceful encounter since he left for war. At first he worries that the Phaeacians will fight him, because that is what he is used to. This is Odysseus' first step to adjust to peaceful life.

Demodocus, the blind singer incorporates both the importance of song in the Odyssey, but also he reinforces Odysseus' journey back towards a civilized life. The song that retold stories from the war brought Odysseus to tears. He is softening his warlike traits and feeling sadness for those who were lost and for the time he spent away from home. He must undergo this transformation from warrior to civilian in order to live peacefully at home with his family.