Marianne Hopman
Biographic Data
| ID | 5627771 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Marianne Hopman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Marianne |
| FAMILY NAME | Hopman |
| SIGNATURE | HOPMAN M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Harvard University Press |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| 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…
Narrative and Rhetoric in Odysseus' Tales to the Phaeacians
As Odysseus cautiously prepares to enter the straits plagued by Charybdis and Scylla, he encourages his crew by referring to his earlier success against the Cyclops ( Od. 12.208-12). This article argues that the Odyssey constructs the Scylla adventure as a tale of heroic failure in contrast with the Cyclops episode. Special attention is paid to narrative paradigms that underlie the Scylla episode and emphasize Odysseus' inability to defeat the mo…
Layered Stories in Aeschylus’ Persians
Une déesse en pleurs
Niobé, fille de Tantale et rivale de Léto, se trouve à deux reprises qualifiée de « déesse » (θεός) dans les tragédies de Sophocle (Ant. 834 et El. 150). Entendu dans le sens de «déesse immortelle», ce statut donné à l'éternelle pleureuse est surprenant, d'autant que son histoire souligne précisément la barrière infranchissable qui sépare hommes et dieux. L'explication traditionnelle, qui interprète le statut divin de Niobé comme une hyperbole de…
Satire in Green
At Juvenal 5.141-45, Virro distributes a curious series of presents to the children of his impoverished client Trebius: a viridis thorax, nuts, and an as. Through an exploration of the connotations attached to these gifts, I argue that the scene provides a vivid mise en abyme for the rest of the poem. Just as the dinner offered to Trebius is not only meager but transforms him into a buffoon, the presents given to his children are both mean and pe…
Narrative and Rhetoric in Odysseus' Tales to the Phaeacians
As Odysseus cautiously prepares to enter the straits plagued by Charybdis and Scylla, he encourages his crew by referring to his earlier success against the Cyclops ( Od. 12.208-12). This article argues that the Odyssey constructs the Scylla adventure as a tale of heroic failure in contrast with the Cyclops episode. Special attention is paid to narrative paradigms that underlie the Scylla episode and emphasize Odysseus' inability to defeat the mo…
Satire in Green
At Juvenal 5.141-45, Virro distributes a curious series of presents to the children of his impoverished client Trebius: a viridis thorax, nuts, and an as. Through an exploration of the connotations attached to these gifts, I argue that the scene provides a vivid mise en abyme for the rest of the poem. Just as the dinner offered to Trebius is not only meager but transforms him into a buffoon, the presents given to his children are both mean and pe…
Satire in Green
At Juvenal 5.141-45, Virro distributes a curious series of presents to the children of his impoverished client Trebius: a viridis thorax, nuts, and an as. Through an exploration of the connotations attached to these gifts, I argue that the scene provides a vivid mise en abyme for the rest of the poem. Just as the dinner offered to Trebius is not only meager but transforms him into a buffoon, the presents given to his children are both mean and pe…
Une déesse en pleurs
Niobé, fille de Tantale et rivale de Léto, se trouve à deux reprises qualifiée de « déesse » (θεός) dans les tragédies de Sophocle (Ant. 834 et El. 150). Entendu dans le sens de «déesse immortelle», ce statut donné à l'éternelle pleureuse est surprenant, d'autant que son histoire souligne précisément la barrière infranchissable qui sépare hommes et dieux. L'explication traditionnelle, qui interprète le statut divin de Niobé comme une hyperbole de…
Layered Stories in Aeschylus’ Persians
Narrative and Rhetoric in Odysseus' Tales to the Phaeacians
As Odysseus cautiously prepares to enter the straits plagued by Charybdis and Scylla, he encourages his crew by referring to his earlier success against the Cyclops ( Od. 12.208-12). This article argues that the Odyssey constructs the Scylla adventure as a tale of heroic failure in contrast with the Cyclops episode. Special attention is paid to narrative paradigms that underlie the Scylla episode and emphasize Odysseus' inability to defeat the mo…
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 (5 works) · Art (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Art history (2 works) · Biology (2 works) · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies (2 works) · History (2 works) · History (2 works) · Literature (2 works)