Body and bodiliness in Greek tragedy: Hippolytus by Euripides
Starting from considerations about the centrality of the body and corporeity in Greek tragedy, this paper focuses on Euripides’ tragedy Hippolytus. The analysis of these topics in the play shows that Euripides gives prominence to the female body, presenting Phaedra in a new and disruptive way, not o...
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| Tipo de documento: | artigo |
| Estado: | Versão publicada |
| Data de publicação: | 2023 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Recursos: | Sociedade Brasileira de Estudos Clássicos (SBEC) |
| Repositório: | Classica (Sociedade Brasileira de Estudos Clássicos. Online) |
| Idioma: | espanhol |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:oai.classica.emnuvens.com.br:article/1069 |
| Acesso em linha: | https://revista.classica.org.br/classica/article/view/1069 |
| Access Level: | Acceso aberto |
| Palavra-chave: | tragedy; body; corporeity; Euripides; Hippolytos tragedia; cuerpo; corporeidad; Eurípides; Hipólito |
| Resumo: | Starting from considerations about the centrality of the body and corporeity in Greek tragedy, this paper focuses on Euripides’ tragedy Hippolytus. The analysis of these topics in the play shows that Euripides gives prominence to the female body, presenting Phaedra in a new and disruptive way, not only in suffering, but also in her death. |
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