OCR GCSE Classical Civilisation · J199
Paper 3, Paper 5
The ancient Greek practice of guest-friendship: reciprocal obligations of hospitality, respect and assistance between hosts and guests, protected by Zeus.
Revise: Xenia, Civilisation and BarbarismXenia, or guest-friendship, provides a framework for these encounters: hosts should welcome and protect visitors, while guests should respect their hosts and their households.
- Revise: Justice, Revenge and Deceit
The Greek relationship of guest-friendship, involving reciprocal obligations between hosts and guests.
- Revise: The character of Odysseus
The ancient Greek practice of hospitality and guest-friendship, involving obligations between hosts and guests.
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- Revise: The Role and Portrayal of the Gods
The Greek relationship of hospitality between hosts and guests, involving obligations of welcome, protection and reciprocal respect.
- Revise: Penelope and Telemachus
The obligations of hospitality between a host and a guest, involving welcome, protection and respectful behaviour on both sides.
- Revise: The Suitors, the Crew and the Slaves
The relationship of hospitality and guest-friendship, involving obligations on both hosts and guests. Guests should respect their hosts rather than exploit their generosity.
- Revise: Supernatural Figures: Polyphemus and Circe
The ancient Greek relationship of hospitality between hosts and guests, involving welcome, food, protection and reciprocal obligations; strangers and suppliants were associated with Zeus’ protection.
- Revise: Prescribed Texts
- Revise: Core Themes of the Odyssey
Guest-friendship: the reciprocal relationship of hospitality and respect between hosts and guests, associated with Zeus’s protection of strangers.
- Revise: Cultural Context and Ancient Audience Responses
The relationship of hospitality and obligations between a host and a guest in the ancient Greek world, involving welcome, care and potentially gifts and help with onward travel.
- Revise: Applying Contextual Knowledge and Audience Response
An inherited relationship of hospitality and reciprocal obligations between households, which can extend across generations.