Clytemnestra’s address to Cassandra at Aesch. Ag. 1035 ff. is shown to use much the same technique and ironic effect as Antilochus’ to Odysseus at Od. 21.293 ff. Both paradigms patronise the apparently helpless addressee, who is actually in a morally stronger position than the speaker.
fable, consolation, paradigm
D.Petrain, Homer in Stone: the Tabulae Iliacaein their Roman Context, Cambridge 2014,pp. XIV + 260
September 2016
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Prometheus
Cypria
August 2015
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Book
43 History, Heritage and Archaeology, 47 Language, Communication and Culture, 4303 Historical Studies, 4705 Literary Studies
The Theban Epics
January 2015
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Book
Commentary on all four fragments relating the failed assault of the Seven against Thebes, attempting to set them in context and examining whether artistic depictions of the relevant myths can help reconstruct the lost epics' contents.
History
Stesichorus and the fable
January 2015
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Journal article
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Prometheus
The ‘fable’ that is Stesichorus fr. 324 Davies–Finglass, cited by Aelian NA 17.37, is examined both from the point of view of its authenticity (which is shown to be extremely doubtful) and that of the narrative motifs it contains.
