@article{1381179,
      author = {Reece, Steve,},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1381179},
      title = {The stranger's welcome : oral theory and the aesthetics of  the Homeric hospitality scene /},
      publisher = {University of Michigan Press,},
      abstract = {For more than two millennia, Homer's poetry has stirred  the imagination of its readers. Originally recited by  traveling bards, these poems are exceptionally rich in  conventional elements that helped the poets remember works  thousands of lines long. As dynamic ingredients of oral  poetry, these elements have accrued deep meaning, and for a  well-informed audience they call significant associations  to mind. In The Stranger's Welcome, Steve Reece treats  eighteen "hospitality" scenes in the Iliad, the Odyssey,  and the Homeric Hymns and reveals key aspects and standard  elements of such scenes. Further, he demonstrates how  Homeric listeners might comprehend the new and innovative  by relying on their knowledge of the conventional and  familiar. This tension between conventional and innovative,  between the traditional background and the individual  performance, distinguishes the aesthetics of Homeric  poetry. Of interest to students and scholars of oral  poetry, folklore, Homeric literature, and Greek literature  in general, The Stranger's Welcome offers a practical  approach whereby a reading audience may understand a  hearing one.},
      recid = {1381179},
      pages = {264 pages ;},
      address = {Ann Arbor :},
      year = {1993},
}