Medea: Essays on Medea in Myth, Literature, Philosophy, and Art - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 0691043760 ISBN 13: 9780691043760

Casa editrice: Princeton University Press, 1997

Riassunto

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 Diana Rigg are among the many who have given Medea life on stage, film, and canvas, through music and dance, from ancient Greek drama to Broadway. In seeking to understand the powerful hold Medea has had on our imaginations for nearly three millennia, a group of renowned scholars here examines the major representations of Medea in myth, art, and ancient and contemporary literature, as well as the philosophical, psychological, and cultural questions these portrayals raise. The result is a comprehensive and nuanced look at one of the most captivating mythic figures of all time.

Unlike most mythic figures, whose attributes remain constant throughout mythology, Medea is continually changing in the wide variety of stories that circulated during antiquity. She appears as enchantress, helper-maiden, infanticide, fratricide, kidnapper, founder of cities, and foreigner. Not only does Medea's checkered career illuminate the opposing concepts of self and other, it also suggests the disturbing possibility of otherness within self. In addition to the editors, the contributors include Fritz Graf, Nita Krevans, Jan Bremmer, Dolores M. O'Higgins, Deborah Boedeker, Carole E. Newlands, John M. Dillon, Martha C. Nussbaum, Christiane Sourvinou-Inwood, and Marianne McDonald.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

James J. Clauss is Associate Professor of Classics at the University of Washington and is the author of The Best of the Argonauts. Sarah Iles Johnston is Associate Professor of Classics at The Ohio State University and is the author of Hekate Soteira.

Contenuti:

	Preface
	Abbreviations
	Introduction	3
1	Medea, the Enchantress from Afar: Remarks on a Well-Known Myth	21
2	Corinthian Medea and the Cult of Hera Akraia	44
3	Medea as Foundation-Heroine	71
4	Why Did Medea Kill Her Brother Apsyrtus?	83
5	Medea as Muse: Pindar's Pythian 4	103
6	Becoming Medea: Assimilation in Euripides	127
7	Conquest of the Mephistophelian Nausicaa: Medea's Role in Apollonius' Redefinition of the Epic Hero	149
8	The Metamorphosis of Ovid's Medea	178
9	Medea among the Philosophers	211
10	Serpents in the Soul: A Reading of Seneca's Medea	219
11	Medea at a Shifting Distance: Images and Euripidean Tragedy	253
12	Medea as Politician and Diva: Riding the Dragon into the Future	297
	Bibliography	325
	List of Contributors	351
	Index Locorum	353
	General Index	369

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Princeton University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0691043760
• ISBN 13: 9780691043760
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 392
• Redattore: Clauss James J.