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What is the greek story referenced in Mary Oliver's poem Mockingbird where a poor couple welcome gods into their home?
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I should start off by saying that I am clueless when it comes to poetry. I can however help you with this question. The concept of hospitality is very important in Greek society and thus many moralizing tales have been passed around about those who let others into their home despite their own poverty and hardship. The most well known comes to us in Ovid's Metamorphoses VIII. Zeus and Hermes disguised as two travelling peasants was seeking a place to overnight in the region of Tyna. After being turned away from every other home in the town (contrary to Greek ideals of piety), a poor elderly couple Baucis and Philemon welcomed the two into their homes. They were rewarded by being warned of a flood that Zeus and Hermes brought to punish the rest of the town for their inhospitality and their simple cottage was turned into a ornate temple.
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