Sofocle medioevale. Per la storia di una citazione tragica in area bizantina
This article focuses on a particular expression from Sophocles’ "Ajax": “with her share of many years”. Referring to and highlighting the old age of Eriboea, the heroe’s mother, this phrase came into fashion in the Byzantine age, as attested by Nikephoros Basilakes, Eustathios Makrembolite...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Nicola Catelli - Corrado Confalonieri
2020-12-01
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| Series: | Parole Rubate |
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| Online Access: | http://www.parolerubate.unipr.it/fascicolo22_pdf/F22_17_battaglino_sofocle.pdf |
| Summary: | This article focuses on a particular expression from Sophocles’ "Ajax": “with her share of many years”. Referring to and highlighting the old age of Eriboea, the heroe’s mother, this phrase came into fashion in the Byzantine age, as attested by Nikephoros Basilakes, Eustathios Makrembolites, Niketas Choniates, Georges Tornikes, Costantine Manasses, German II and Nikephoros Kallistos Xanthopoulos. |
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| ISSN: | 2039-0114 |