Mediation vs. force: thoughts on female agency in Apollonius Rhodius' Argonautica
This paper suggests that the cultural influence of the Ptolemaic queen likely contributed to the Hellenistic formulation of a new female “voice” even in male-authored Alexandrian poetry. Self-control, cooperation, and other “Argonautic virtues” are thus displayed both...
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| Language: | English |
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ENS Éditions
2012-07-01
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| Series: | Aitia : Regards sur la Culture Hellénistique au XXIe Siècle |
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| Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/aitia/337 |