The essay examines the dramaturgical role assumed by poison in the two famous scenes of magic in Seneca’s Medea (vv. 670-849) and Hercules on Mount Eta (vv. 256-582). In neither case is poison an instrument of death, but rather a means of constructing the character of the sorceress Medea in the first episode and a symbol of the conjugal relationship in the second, both aspects absent in the respective Greek models.
Veleni sulla scena (Note a Sen. Med. 670-849 e Herc. O. 256-582) / Mordeglia, Caterina. - STAMPA. - 112:(2022), pp. 73-82.
Veleni sulla scena (Note a Sen. Med. 670-849 e Herc. O. 256-582)
Caterina Mordeglia
2022-01-01
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The essay examines the dramaturgical role assumed by poison in the two famous scenes of magic in Seneca’s Medea (vv. 670-849) and Hercules on Mount Eta (vv. 256-582). In neither case is poison an instrument of death, but rather a means of constructing the character of the sorceress Medea in the first episode and a symbol of the conjugal relationship in the second, both aspects absent in the respective Greek models.File in questo prodotto:
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