"While the Odyssey does not treat the Trojan Horse as a violation of xenia, it is treated as such in..."

“While the Odyssey does not treat the Trojan Horse as a violation of xenia, it is treated as such in Aeschylus’ trilogy, which increases and darkens the ruse by connecting it thematically to a series of taboo crimes. Agamemnon’s father kills his nieces and nephews and feeds them to his brother; Agamemnon sacrifices his daughter to allow his fleet to sail to Troy; Agamemnon’s wife, Clytemnestra,…