Motif
disordered household under exploitative guests
disordered_household_under_exploitative_guests
A motif of the Sacred Law and Social Order family, within the sub-family Hospitality and Treatment of Strangers. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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greek
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The Odyssey PREFACE TO SECOND EDITION / HENRY FESTING JONES. / THE ODYSSEY / BOOK I; lines 494-587 confidence: high
The suitors enter, feast, receive water, bread, and mixed wine, then demand music and dancing; Phemius is compelled to sing with a lyre while Telemachus whispers to Minerva.
The suitors feast at the expense of the absent householder, compel entertainment, behave riotously, and bring no provisions of their own.
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