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A Homer Commentary in Progress

Odyssey 7.215-7.221

Greg Nagy

Last updated at March 12, 2020, 4:46 p.m.

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Hunger for food in the gastēr ‘stomach’ drives the poet as guest to say what his host wants to hear. The poet, then, is dependent on the patronage of his local audiences.