„Wer baute das siebentorige Theben?“ Breve riflessione sulle origini della colpa e della catastrofe
Abstract
Thebes’ historical myths tell of its foundation in Boeotia by some immigrants from the East lead by a certain Cadmus, who mixed themselves with the native inhabitants of Boeotia. Such union of different people created the paradigm of a history of chaos and civil disorders, which has found numerous uses and adaptations in the works of ancient authors especially during the devastating crisis of the Peloponnesian War. The present study analyses the adaptations of the Theban saga in the Phoenician Women of Euripides, with the aim of evidencing his peculiar interpretation of the myth and of the reasons of the Theban crisis.
Abstract
Thebes’ historical myths tell of its foundation in Boeotia by some immigrants from the East lead by a certain Cadmus, who mixed themselves with the native inhabitants of Boeotia. Such union of different people created the paradigm of a history of chaos and civil disorders, which has found numerous uses and adaptations in the works of ancient authors especially during the devastating crisis of the Peloponnesian War. The present study analyses the adaptations of the Theban saga in the Phoenician Women of Euripides, with the aim of evidencing his peculiar interpretation of the myth and of the reasons of the Theban crisis.
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Inhalt V
- Einleitung: Städte und Stadtstaaten zwischen Mythos, Literatur und Propaganda 1
- Καδμεία νίκη: Politicising the ‘Seven against Thebes’ in the 5th century B.C. 11
- Athen, Athena und die Athener. Identifikationsfigur(en) und Narrative 29
- Von Argos nach Athen: Von Manipulation zu Polis-Rhetorik zwischen Aischylos’ Agamemnon und Eumeniden 75
- „Wer baute das siebentorige Theben?“ Breve riflessione sulle origini della colpa e della catastrofe 107
- Σοφίσματα θεῶν. Götterdämmerung, Kontingenzerfahrung und Kulturpessimismus in Euripides’ „Phönikierinnen“ 139
- La metamorfosi di Cadmo nelle Baccanti di Euripide e il punto di vista ateniese 163
- Phaedra between Homer and Sophocles: the Stesichorean connexion 181
- Plebs Argiva – Thebana iuventus – verendi Cecropidae. Die „kleinen Leute“ in Statius’ Thebais 191
- Triptolemos und Europa in Tarraco. Stadtdarstellung, Politik und mythische Züge in Florus’ Vergilius: orator an poeta? 223
- Der ‚Mythos Athen‘ im literarischen Diskursfeld fiktionaler Erzählprosa der Kaiserzeit. Lukian, Chariton und Heliodor 249
- Da indovino tebano a profeta universale. Alcune metamorfosi di Tiresia in età tardoantica 269
- Ethopoiie, Struktur und Mythopoiie in den profanen Epyllien des Nordafrikaners Dracontius 293
- Die Autorinnen und Autoren 337
- Index auctorum et operum 339
- Index nominum et rerum 345
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Inhalt V
- Einleitung: Städte und Stadtstaaten zwischen Mythos, Literatur und Propaganda 1
- Καδμεία νίκη: Politicising the ‘Seven against Thebes’ in the 5th century B.C. 11
- Athen, Athena und die Athener. Identifikationsfigur(en) und Narrative 29
- Von Argos nach Athen: Von Manipulation zu Polis-Rhetorik zwischen Aischylos’ Agamemnon und Eumeniden 75
- „Wer baute das siebentorige Theben?“ Breve riflessione sulle origini della colpa e della catastrofe 107
- Σοφίσματα θεῶν. Götterdämmerung, Kontingenzerfahrung und Kulturpessimismus in Euripides’ „Phönikierinnen“ 139
- La metamorfosi di Cadmo nelle Baccanti di Euripide e il punto di vista ateniese 163
- Phaedra between Homer and Sophocles: the Stesichorean connexion 181
- Plebs Argiva – Thebana iuventus – verendi Cecropidae. Die „kleinen Leute“ in Statius’ Thebais 191
- Triptolemos und Europa in Tarraco. Stadtdarstellung, Politik und mythische Züge in Florus’ Vergilius: orator an poeta? 223
- Der ‚Mythos Athen‘ im literarischen Diskursfeld fiktionaler Erzählprosa der Kaiserzeit. Lukian, Chariton und Heliodor 249
- Da indovino tebano a profeta universale. Alcune metamorfosi di Tiresia in età tardoantica 269
- Ethopoiie, Struktur und Mythopoiie in den profanen Epyllien des Nordafrikaners Dracontius 293
- Die Autorinnen und Autoren 337
- Index auctorum et operum 339
- Index nominum et rerum 345
