LA TRASGRESSIONE DELLE LEGGI DELL’OSPITALITÀ NELL’ODISSEA OMERICA
TRANSGRESSING THE LAWS OF HOSPITALITY IN HOMER’S ODYSSEY

Summary/Abstract: Transgressing the Laws Of Hospitality in Homer’s Odyssey. Our study proposes a detailed analysis of the violation of conviviality laws (for instance, the suitors’, cyclops Polyphemos’, the Laestrygonians’, and witch Circe’s feasts). The starting point is the idea that anti-hospitality reflects the tendency of usurping the prerogatives of the warrior elite in the absence of the military’s head chief. We conclude that anti-hospitality leads to reifying the partner present in the respective transaction.

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