Celsiana Warwick
Biographic Data
| ID | 5660475 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Celsiana Warwick |
| GIVEN NAMES | Celsiana |
| FAMILY NAME | Warwick |
| SIGNATURE | WARWICK C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Iowa |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
To kalliston kleos
This article argues that Cassandra’s speeches in Euripides’ Trojan Women critique and revise the rhetoric of Athenian funeral oration by drawing upon the themes and tropes of lament. In making her seemingly paradoxical claim that the Trojans are more fortunate than the Greeks, Cassandra blends funeral oration’s valorization of glorious death with lament’s emphasis on the pain that war causes for women and other noncombatants. By synthesizing thes…
Chthonic Disruption in Lycophron's Alexandra
This paper argues that Lycophron's Alexandra follows earlier texts in presenting challenges to Agamemnon's power as metaphorical re-enactments of primordial theogonic conflicts between Zeus and the forces of chaos. The Alexandra figures Agamemnon as Zeus and portrays Achilles, Clytemnestra and Cassandra as chthonic monsters opposed to the Olympian order. Employing intertexts with epic and tragedy, the poem highlights these figures’ symbolic antag…
The Maternal Warrior
This article argues that the Iliad uses the figure of the Homeric mother, who represents both protection and destruction, as a symbol for the instability of epic warrior values. Heroes are meant to protect their cities and comrades, just as mothers are meant to protect their children. However, the warrior’s imperative to seek kleos and timē may cause him to disregard his protective role, just as mothers may subvert their life-giving function thro…
The Maternal Warrior
This article argues that the Iliad uses the figure of the Homeric mother, who represents both protection and destruction, as a symbol for the instability of epic warrior values. Heroes are meant to protect their cities and comrades, just as mothers are meant to protect their children. However, the warrior’s imperative to seek kleos and timē may cause him to disregard his protective role, just as mothers may subvert their life-giving function thro…
The Maternal Warrior
This article argues that the Iliad uses the figure of the Homeric mother, who represents both protection and destruction, as a symbol for the instability of epic warrior values. Heroes are meant to protect their cities and comrades, just as mothers are meant to protect their children. However, the warrior’s imperative to seek kleos and timē may cause him to disregard his protective role, just as mothers may subvert their life-giving function thro…
To kalliston kleos
This article argues that Cassandra’s speeches in Euripides’ Trojan Women critique and revise the rhetoric of Athenian funeral oration by drawing upon the themes and tropes of lament. In making her seemingly paradoxical claim that the Trojans are more fortunate than the Greeks, Cassandra blends funeral oration’s valorization of glorious death with lament’s emphasis on the pain that war causes for women and other noncombatants. By synthesizing thes…
Chthonic Disruption in Lycophron's Alexandra
This paper argues that Lycophron's Alexandra follows earlier texts in presenting challenges to Agamemnon's power as metaphorical re-enactments of primordial theogonic conflicts between Zeus and the forces of chaos. The Alexandra figures Agamemnon as Zeus and portrays Achilles, Clytemnestra and Cassandra as chthonic monsters opposed to the Olympian order. Employing intertexts with epic and tragedy, the poem highlights these figures’ symbolic antag…
Art (3 works) · Classical Antiquity Studies (3 works) · History (3 works) · Literature (3 works) · EPIC (2 works) · History (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Art history (1 works) · Biology (1 works) · Classics (1 works)