Motif
guest-right defense against hostile hosts
guest_right_defense_against_hostile_hosts
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 BOOK XVIII / BOOK XIX / BOOK XX / BOOK XXI; lines 9416-9503 confidence: high
Penelope tells Antinous it is not right to ill-treat any guest of Telemachus and says the stranger would not expect to take her as wife even if he strung the bow.
Penelope states that it is not right to ill-treat a guest of Telemachus who has come to the house.
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