A Signifying Gesture
Euripides, Iphigeneia Taurica , 965–66
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7574149 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alan L Boegehold (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1989 |
| Volume | 93 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 81-83 |
| Publication date | 1989-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Archaeology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-9114 • E-ISSN: 1939-828X |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2307/505399 |
| OpenAlex | W2333797662 |
| Language | EN |
Editors and translators have not been able to agree on the sense of the word ὠλένηι in Euripides, Iphigeneia Taurica, line 965. Athena, judging at the κρίσις ὅπλων in some red-figured vase-paintings, makes a gesture that can help to explain what Euripides' audience understood by the word
Art · Gesture · Linguistics · Literature · Word (group theory) · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Biblical Studies and Interpretation · Philosophy · Swearing, Euphemism, Multilingualism
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |