Re: [tied] hospes

I'd imagine it's more universal than that. Remember Midas?

Piotr

----- Original Message -----
From: "Glen Gordon" <glengordon01@...>
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Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2001 9:03 PM
Subject: Re: [tied] hospes


>
> Piotr:
> >As we Poles put it, "Gos'c' w dom, Bóg w dom", i.e.
"Guest in the >home,
> >God in the home" (the presence of a guest brings blessing
on >the
> >household).
>
> I presume this is a reference to something biblical.
Something to do with
> Jesus, something in that scary bible-book-thing. Y'know,
that hospitality
> story? Maybe it was the book of Mark? I dunno, whatever.
>
> - gLeN