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- Title
EUMAEUS RUSTLES UP DINNER.
- Authors
NEWTON, RICK M.
- Abstract
Eumaeus' hospitality in Odyssey 14, culminating in the sacrifice of a fatted boar, exhibits features of a post-raid feast. Inspired by the beggar's "Cretan tale," which conflates the themes of raiding and hospitality, the swineherd augments the rustic reception of his guest with an impromptu raid on the very livestock which the marauding suitors have stolen from his master. While the chine compensates Odysseus as the aggrieved victim of robbers, the portion honoring Hermes recognizes the Olympian founder of the animal-raid which, when executed with caution and celebrated with moderation, remains a legitimate heroic enterprise.
- Subjects
ODYSSEUS, King of Ithaca (Mythological character); ODYSSEY of Homer; HOMER, fl. ca. 900 B.C.-ca. 801 B.C.; HOSPITALITY; FASTS &; feasts in literature; HERMES (Greek deity); HOMERIC civilization; HOSPITALITY in literature; NYMPHS (Greek deities); ROBBERY in literature; BEGGARS in literature; SACRIFICE; ODYSSEUS, King of Ithaca (Mythological character) in literature; HERMES (Greek deity) in literature
- Publication
Classical Journal, 2015, Vol 110, Issue 3, p257
- ISSN
0009-8353
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5184/classicalj.110.3.0257