Transgressive Heroism

Name: Transgressive Heroism
Brand: De Gruyter
SKU: 9783111562544
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Gender, Genre, and Ovid in Valerius Flaccus' 'Argonautica'

Szerző: Raymond Marks

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Kötés: Kemény kötésű

Kiadó: De Gruyter

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Roman epic is traditionally understood to advance a masculine, martial form of heroism. In his versi...

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Szerző

Raymond Marks

Nyelv

Angol

Kötés

Könyv - Kemény kötésű

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2025

oldal

300

EAN

9783111562544

Enbook ID

46090963

Kiadó

De Gruyter

Súly

549

Méretek

155 x 230

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Roman epic is traditionally understood to advance a masculine, martial form of heroism. In his version of the Argonaut legend, the Argonautica, however, Valerius Flaccus challenges that prevailing ethos of the genre by turning Medea, Jason's love interest in the story, into a heroic figure and Jason himself into her emasculated victim. The present study charts this plotline as it unfolds in the second half of Valerius' epic, finding its key source of inspiration in the poetry of Ovid with its tales of transgressive love, gender-bending, and unconventional heroism. Employing an extensive program of allusion to his Metamorphoses and elegiac works, Valerius transforms Medea from the innocent, vulnerable girl we see in her first appearance in the poem into a threatening, powerful, and masculine figure, who not only helps Jason fulfill his quest for the golden fleece, but eclipses him as hero in the process. Readers of this study will gain insight into Valerius' inventive reworking of the Argonaut myth and innovations within the epic genre as well as a greater appreciation for Ovid's influence on Roman epic poetry in the first century CE.

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