From Ariadne to Theseus: a study on persuation in the Letter X of Ovid's Heroides

This paper aims to analyze the intratextual relations between Dido’s (Ep. VII) and Medea’s (Ep. XII) epistles, which belong to Ovid’s Heroides. For this purpose, we will focus on common passages concerning the foedus amoris, the furor, and death as outcome for their grief. By doing so, it will be de...

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Author: Ugartemendía, Cecilia Marcela
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2017
Country:Brasil
Institution:Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora (UFJF)
Repository:Rónai
Language:Spanish
OAI Identifier:oai:periodicos.ufjf.br:article/23161
Online Access:https://periodicos.ufjf.br/index.php/ronai/article/view/23161
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Dido
Medea
Heroides
intratextuality
exemplarity
Heroidas
intratextualidad
ejemplaridad
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Summary:This paper aims to analyze the intratextual relations between Dido’s (Ep. VII) and Medea’s (Ep. XII) epistles, which belong to Ovid’s Heroides. For this purpose, we will focus on common passages concerning the foedus amoris, the furor, and death as outcome for their grief. By doing so, it will be demonstrated that Medea, as an exemplar figure, contributes to Dido’s configuration, not only in an intertextual way (since Dido presents features in common with Apolonius’s Medea), but also according to an intratextual way.