Aporias of Hospitality in Sophocles’ "Oedipus at Colonus" and Euripides’ "Alcestis"

The possibility of hospitality is based on an unequal relationship between the host and the guest. The former is the master of a house, either of his or her own house or of what they consider to be “his/her own country,” while the latter arrives in this house simply as a visitor. Hence, there is a d...

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