Marianne Govers Hopman
Biographic Data
| ID | 5625922 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Marianne Govers Hopman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Marianne Govers |
| FAMILY NAME | Hopman |
| SIGNATURE | HOPMAN M G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Classics, Northwestern University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Scylla and Charybdis
In ancient Greek myth, the sea monster Scylla, together with her counterpart Charybdis, stands out as that rare monster undefeated by a god or male hero. This chapter surveys her deployment in Graeco-Roman antiquity, with special focus on her indomitable status. It discusses the epic narrative first attested in the Odyssey and the visual trope of Scylla as a dog-belted, mermaid-like hybrid creature, and it identifies key factors in her developmen…
Chorus, conflict, and closure in Aeschylus’ Persians
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Choral Mediations in Greek Tragedy
This volume explores how the choruses of Greek tragedy creatively combined media and discourses to generate their own specific forms of meaning. The contributors analyse choruses as fictional, religious and civic performers; as combinations of text, song and dance; and as objects of reflection in themselves, in relation and contrast to the choruses of comedy and melic poetry. Drawing on earlier analyses of the social context of Greek drama, the n…
Scylla
What's in a name? Using the example of a famous monster from Greek myth, this book challenges the dominant view that a mythical symbol denotes a single, clear-cut 'figure' and proposes instead to define the name 'Scylla' as a combination of three concepts – sea, dog and woman – whose articulation changes over time. While archaic and classical Greek versions usually emphasize the metaphorical coherence of Scylla's components, the name is increasin…
Scylla
What's in a name? Using the example of a famous monster from Greek myth, this book challenges the dominant view that a mythical symbol denotes a single, clear-cut 'figure' and proposes instead to define the name 'Scylla' as a combination of three concepts – sea, dog and woman – whose articulation changes over time. While archaic and classical Greek versions usually emphasize the metaphorical coherence of Scylla's components, the name is increasin…
Chorus, conflict, and closure in Aeschylus’ Persians
A summary is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content.
Choral Mediations in Greek Tragedy
This volume explores how the choruses of Greek tragedy creatively combined media and discourses to generate their own specific forms of meaning. The contributors analyse choruses as fictional, religious and civic performers; as combinations of text, song and dance; and as objects of reflection in themselves, in relation and contrast to the choruses of comedy and melic poetry. Drawing on earlier analyses of the social context of Greek drama, the n…
Scylla
What's in a name? Using the example of a famous monster from Greek myth, this book challenges the dominant view that a mythical symbol denotes a single, clear-cut 'figure' and proposes instead to define the name 'Scylla' as a combination of three concepts – sea, dog and woman – whose articulation changes over time. While archaic and classical Greek versions usually emphasize the metaphorical coherence of Scylla's components, the name is increasin…
Scylla and Charybdis
In ancient Greek myth, the sea monster Scylla, together with her counterpart Charybdis, stands out as that rare monster undefeated by a god or male hero. This chapter surveys her deployment in Graeco-Roman antiquity, with special focus on her indomitable status. It discusses the epic narrative first attested in the Odyssey and the visual trope of Scylla as a dog-belted, mermaid-like hybrid creature, and it identifies key factors in her developmen…
Classical Antiquity Studies (4 works) · Art (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Literature (3 works) · Chorus (2 works) · History (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Acoustics (1 work) · Aesthetics (1 work)