Epitaphioi mythoi and tragedy as encomium of Athens

Dados Bibliográficos

ID9311368
AutoresJohanna Hanink (John Brown University, autor correspondente)
Ano2013
Volume5
Fascículo2
Data de publicação2013-01-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoTrends in Classics (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1866-7473 • E-ISSN: 1866-7481
EditoraDe Gruyter (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1515/tc-2013-0016
OpenAlexW2316207915
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas18

Fourth-century Athenian orators of epitaphioi logoi and other Athenian panegyric attempt to portray fifth-century tragedy as fundamentally encomiastic of Athens. This is borne out by the rhetorical reception of two 'epitaphioi mythoi', i.e. myths handled by both tragedians and orators: Erechtheus' repulsion of Eumolpus' invasion of Athens and Theseus' efforts to secure the burial of the 'Seven against Thebes'. The orators' 'encomiastic' view of tragedy marks a new departure in Athenian intellectual history and should be read against the background of other attempts to curate the city's tragic heritage in the third quarter of the fourth century

Art · Literature · Mythology · Panegyric · Poetry · Rhetorical question · Tragedy (event · Classical Antiquity Studies · Classics · History