The Faber and the Saga . Pygmalion Between the Ebvrnea Virgo and the TRVNCVS Iners
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9665656 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Viola Starnone (0000-0003-2311-6383, University College Dublin, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 69 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 309-318 |
| Publication date | 2019-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| 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/s0009838819000387 |
| OpenAlex | W2964075446 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 15 |
Approaching the Ovidian story of Pygmalion, scholars mainly focus on the moment in which the artist carves his ideal woman out of ivory. But the reasons that led him to sculpt the statue tend to remain in the background. Ovid informs us that, before giving to ebur the shape of a uirgo , the ‘Paphian hero’ ( Met . 10.290), shocked by the lascivious conduct of the Propoetides, had declared war on the whole of womankind ( Met . 10.238–46): sunt tamen obscenae Venerem Propoetides ausae esse negare deam; pro quo sua numinis ira corpora cum forma primae uulgasse feruntur; utque pudor cessit, sanguisque induruit oris, in rigidum paruo silicem discrimine uersae. quas quia Pygmalion aeuum per crimen agentes uiderat, offensus uitiis, quae plurima menti femineae natura dedit, sine coniuge caelebs uiuebat thalamique diu consorte carebat
Art · Epistemology · HERO · Humanities · Ideal (ethics · Literature · Byzantine Studies and History · Classical Antiquity Studies · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies · History · Philosophy
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |