How exactly does the Trojan horse "violate' xenia when Odysseus was inspired by Athena to build it? Instead of trying to turn this story into some weird other version of the fall in Genesis they should have been paying attention in highschool lit,
>>18625650It didn't. Its not as though the Greeks sued for peace, agreed for terms, got invited to a banquet to celebrate the end of the war and then killed their hosts. That would have been a violation of xenia. Nolan just straight up invented this dynamic to be relatable to a modern audience.
>>18625684Unironically yes. It is about time the backwards parts of the original Odyssey get filtered through our enlightened lens of reinterpretation. It allows the good parts of it to shine ever brighter without the blemishes of the original age's brutish amorality.
>>18625684sounds like he tried to turn the story into some bootlegged christo morality nonsense
>>18625781Trojans built a wall to keep poor Greek migrants out.Paris was basically Trump.
