I lamenti di Andromaca nell'Iliade
2006; Volume: 10; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.3406/gaia.2006.1487
ISSN2275-4776
Autores Tópico(s)Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies
ResumoAndromaca's laments in the Iliad Between the three Andromache's scenes in the Iliad (6, 394-502 ; 22, 437- 515 ; 24, 710-745) there are remarkable likenesses. So in the first two stand out the run of the woman and the appellative of μαινόμενη, that can be explained with the resemblances between Dionysiac and funeral rites, both socially helpful to discharge tensions in a harmless way. These two passages express female point of view about war and dangerous male heroism, but in the last lament Andromache corrects this idea and praises her husband's αρετή. In the fight of the πόλις against female funeral laments, the rhapsodists propose in this passage an instance of ideal planctus by fallen's wives and mothers.
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