Motif
Contrast between hostile and hospitable peoples
contrast_between_hostile_and_hospitable_peoples
A motif of the Hospitality Test and Stranger Guest family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
greek
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The Odyssey THE MEETING BETWEEN NAUSICAA AND ULYSSES. / BOOK VII / RECEPTION OF ULYSSES AT THE PALACE OF KING ALCINOUS. / BOOK VIII; lines 3787-3798 confidence: high
The speaker asks the addressee to tell truthfully where he has wandered, what countries and cities he has visited, and which peoples were hostile or hospitable.
The speaker asks the addressee to distinguish peoples who were hostile, savage, and uncivilised from those who were hospitable and humane.
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