Title: The stranger's welcome
Description: This is a book about the rituals of hospitality (xenia) in Homer.  But it is only secondarily so; it could just as well be about sacrifice, assembly, arming, or any of a number of frequently recurring actions in Homer.  This book is primarily about how oral poetry works; it is an attempt to define the aesthetics of oral poetry on its own terms.
Subjects: Ancient Aesthetics, Criticism and interpretation, Greek Epic poetry, History and criticism, Hospitality in literature, Oral tradition, Oral-formulaic analysis, Outsiders in literature, Homer, Epic poetry, history and criticism, Aesthetics, greek
Places: Greece
People: Homer