Title
The Practice of Hospitality in the Christian Academic Theater
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
Winter 2007
Abstract
(Excerpt) "Though our word 'hospitality,' the welcoming of strangers, is rooted in Old French and Latin, the custom can be traced to the earliest recorded history. In the Odyssey, Telemachus, Odysseus’ son, seeking the whereabouts of his father is welcomed as a stranger into the homes of the Greek kings Nestor and Menelaus. 1 Welcome to stranger was such an important part of the Greek social code that it was said to be protected by the Father God Zeus, patron and protector of hosts and guests.2 For hosts to welcome guests and guests to respect their hosts was to honor the god. Conversely, for a guest to violate his host, the way the Trojan guest Paris did his Greek host Menelaus, was to invite disastrous divine retribution...."
Recommended Citation
Paul, John Steven. "The Practice of Hospitality in the Christian Academic Theater." The Cresset 71.2 (2007): 7-14. Web. 7 March 2012.
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