Medea : Essays on Medea in Myth, Literature, Philosophy, and Art /

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From the dawn of European literature, the figure of Medea--best known as the helpmate of Jason and murderer of her own children--has inspired artists in all fields throughout all centuries. Euripides, Seneca, Corneille, Delacroix, Anouilh, Pasolini, Maria Callas, Martha Graham, Samuel Barber, and Di...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Boedeker, Deborah (Contribuidor), Bremmer, Jan (Contribuidor), Clauss, James J. (Editor ), Clauss, James (Contribuidor), Dillon, John (Contribuidor), Graf, Fritz (Contribuidor), Inwood, Christiane (Contribuidor), Johnston, Sarah Iles (Editor ), Johnston, Sarah (Contribuidor), Krevans, Nita (Contribuidor), McDonald, Marianne (Contribuidor), Newlands, Carole (Contribuidor), Nussbaum, Martha (Contribuidor), O'Higgins, Dolores (Contribuidor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2021]
Temas:
Philosophy, Ancient.
RELIGION / Antiquities & Archaeology.
Aegeus.
Apsyrtus.
Battus and Battiads.
Boreas.
Chalciope.
Chryssipus.
Creon (of Corinth).
Cyrene.
Delphi.
Demonax.
Dioscuri.
Egypt.
Eumelus.
Euphamus.
Galen.
Hecate.
Helen.
Lamia.
Lemnian women.
Libya.
Lilith.
Medeus (Medus).
Mormo.
Neophron.
Peliades.
Philomela.
Phrixus.
Procris.
Talus.
Tarpeia.
Xenakis, G.
chariot of the Sun.
fratricide.
infanticide.
kourotrophoi.
rejuvenation.
reproductive demons.
serpent, imagery of.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • PREFACE
  • ABBREVIATIONS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • PART I: MYTHIC REPRESENTATIONS
  • 1 Medea, the Enchantress from Afar: Remarks on a Well-Known Myth
  • 2 Corinthian Medea and the Cult of Hera Akraia
  • 3 Medea as Foundation-Heroine
  • 4 Why Did Medea Kill Her Brother Apsyrtus?
  • PART II: LITERARY PORTRAITS
  • 5 Medea as Muse: Pindar's Pythian 4
  • 6 Becoming Medea: Assimilation in Euripides
  • 7 Conquest of the Mephistophelian Nausicaa: Medea's Role in Apollonius' Redefinition of the Epic Hero
  • 8 The Metamorphosis of Ovid's Medea
  • PART III: UNDER PHILOSOPHICAL INVESTIGATION
  • 9 Medea among the Philosophers
  • 10 Serpents in the Soul: A Reading of Seneca's Medea
  • PART IV: BEYOND THE EURIPIDEAN STAGE
  • 11 Medea at a Shifting Distance: Images and Euripidean Tragedy
  • 12 Medea as Politician and Diva: Riding the Dragon into the Future
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS
  • INDEX LOCORUM
  • GENERAL INDEX

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