Sinon
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In Greek mythology, Sinon or Sinopos was a Greek warrior during the Trojan War.
Sinon as a captive in front of the walls of Troy, in the Vergilius Romanus, 5th century AD
Engraving after frescos by the Carracci, 1663
Etching by Jean Mignon, after 1535
Engraving, Giorgio Ghisi after Giovanni Battista Scultori, Sinon Deceiving the Trojans, c. 1545
Xenia (Greek)
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Xenia is an ancient Greek concept of hospitality. It is almost always translated as 'guest-friendship' or 'ritualized friendship'. It is an institutionalized relationship rooted in generosity, gift ex
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…Ithacan under Odysseus who was abandoned at Troy and kept unaware of the horse's nature; he is later seen in Hades angry at being deceived into violating xenia. Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press…
Jupiter and Mercurius in the House of Philemon and Baucis (1630–33) by the workshop of Rubens: Zeus and Hermes, testing a village's practice of hospitality, were received only by Baucis and Philemon, who were rewarded while their neighbors were punished.
A renaissance painting displaying traditional exchanges of gifts between gods. This represents the material and social exchanges involved with xenia.
The School of Athens 1509-1511 by Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino depicts Plato discussing philosophy.
Aristippus and His Companions after Being Shipwrecked, Seeing Mathematical Diagrams, Realize the Land Was Inhabited (1726-1796 by Antiono Zucchi shows Aristippus at the shipwreck site prior to aid by the Rhodians.