Corporality in the Ancient Greek Theatre
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3939478 |
|---|---|
| Authors | R Drew Griffith (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1998 |
| Volume | 52 |
| Issue | 3/4 |
| Pages | 230 |
| Publication date | 1998-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Phoenix (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0031-8299 • E-ISSN: 1929-4883 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/1088669 |
| OpenAlex | W2323081906 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 17 |
EACH PERSON MURDERED in the Oresteia, with the exception of Aegisthus, removes a piece of clothing before entering the scene-building to his or her death (Griffith 1988).1 Most notably, in the Choephori, having argued for her life in vain, as a last desperate attempt, Clytaemnestra says to Orestes, T6v6 6' a'(6caat ... [aTo6v, pity this breast (896-897). Her words apparently allude to Hecuba's supplication of Hector to reenter the walls of Troy in the Iliad (22.79-82). This reminiscence suggests an appeal to Orestes' filial loyalty, but we know from the nurse, Cilissa's earlier speech (Cho. 734-765) that she has usurped Clytaemnestra in the role of mother so that Orestes could say with Ion, I never knew the breast (Eur. Ion 319).2 Moreover, there is also an erotic element in Clytaemnestra's plea,3 reminiscent as it is of the incident in the Little Iliad in which her sister, Helen disrobes before Menelaus, when he is about to kill her after the Trojan war.4
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| Unique citing works | 6 |
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| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2008 - 2019 (12) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |