The Potidaea Epigram and Euripides’ Suppliant Women
An Intertextual Reading
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9663608 |
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| Authors | William Nichols, William J Nichols (0000-0001-5552-4950, University of Virginia, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 74 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 452-460 |
| Publication date | 2024-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Classical Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0009-8388 • E-ISSN: 1471-6844 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0009838824000867 |
| OpenAlex | W4410496541 |
| Language | EN |
CEG 1.10 shows striking parallels in language and thought with Euripides’ Suppliant Women 531–6 (c. 423), with both passages describing the departure of the soul into the upper air ( aithêr ) after death. This article argues that rather than being a commonplace in fifth-century Athens, the mention of this eschatology in Suppliant Women is a deliberate reference to CEG 1.10; and that the significance of this reference is the recontextualization of the lines from CEG 1.10 to describe the battle of Delium (423), thus expressing the war-weariness and disillusion of Athens
Ancient history · Art · Battle · Character (mathematics · Eschatology · Linguistics · Literature · Parallels · Reading (process · Soul · Theology · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Biblical Studies and Interpretation · Crime, Deviance, and Social Control · History · Philosophy
| Highly cited | No |
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