Education to the other: the respect of the guest in the Odyssey. Some paedagogical reflections

The following paper analyzes the subject of respect for the guest in Homeric poems, especially in the Odyssey: this theme can be a key to reading the adventures of the protagonist. The centrality of this theme reveals that it is a fundamental value within educational message of the poem. The princip...

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Main Author: Gabriella Seveso
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Firenze University Press 2017-11-01
Series:Rivista di Storia dell'Educazione
Online Access:https://www.rivistadistoriadelleducazione.it/index.php/RSE/article/view/37
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description The following paper analyzes the subject of respect for the guest in Homeric poems, especially in the Odyssey: this theme can be a key to reading the adventures of the protagonist. The centrality of this theme reveals that it is a fundamental value within educational message of the poem. The principle of the respect for the guest is part of an archaic ethic, wich is not based only on warlike areté. This value is a hub of the heroic model and with this also the education of the later epochs will have to face.
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spelling doaj.art-f0d9e1c3798e494da7ce7803e0aa93e82022-12-21T20:30:05ZengFirenze University PressRivista di Storia dell'Educazione2532-28182384-82942017-11-014210.4454/rse.v4i1.3737Education to the other: the respect of the guest in the Odyssey. Some paedagogical reflectionsGabriella SevesoThe following paper analyzes the subject of respect for the guest in Homeric poems, especially in the Odyssey: this theme can be a key to reading the adventures of the protagonist. The centrality of this theme reveals that it is a fundamental value within educational message of the poem. The principle of the respect for the guest is part of an archaic ethic, wich is not based only on warlike areté. This value is a hub of the heroic model and with this also the education of the later epochs will have to face.https://www.rivistadistoriadelleducazione.it/index.php/RSE/article/view/37
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title Education to the other: the respect of the guest in the Odyssey. Some paedagogical reflections
title_full Education to the other: the respect of the guest in the Odyssey. Some paedagogical reflections
title_fullStr Education to the other: the respect of the guest in the Odyssey. Some paedagogical reflections
title_full_unstemmed Education to the other: the respect of the guest in the Odyssey. Some paedagogical reflections
title_short Education to the other: the respect of the guest in the Odyssey. Some paedagogical reflections
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url https://www.rivistadistoriadelleducazione.it/index.php/RSE/article/view/37
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