Architettura e stile metrico dell’epillio Megara (Ps.-Mosch. IV)
The paper suggests a hypothesis about the structure of the anonymous epyllion Megara, a dramatic dialogue between Megara and Alcmena, respectively wife and mother of Heracles, where they lament their situation: first Megara, desperate for the death of her children at the hands of his mad husband, th...
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| description | The paper suggests a hypothesis about the structure of the anonymous epyllion Megara, a dramatic dialogue between Megara and Alcmena, respectively wife and mother of Heracles, where they lament their situation: first Megara, desperate for the death of her children at the hands of his mad husband, then Alcmena, upset by a dream that adumbrates the hero’s sorrowful destiny. Such narrative segments define the poem’s carefully constructed architecture; this architecture underscores both the narrative strategy enacted by the two main charaters and their characterization. Particularly relevant is the metrical analysis of the poem’s hexamater: the metrical style is similar to that of Alexandrian poets, but with a few significant differences. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-888b289054a24d60a60d4f16e44975172022-12-22T03:38:01ZengENS ÉditionsAitia1775-42752016-06-01610.4000/aitia.1517Architettura e stile metrico dell’epillio Megara (Ps.-Mosch. IV)Ester CerboThe paper suggests a hypothesis about the structure of the anonymous epyllion Megara, a dramatic dialogue between Megara and Alcmena, respectively wife and mother of Heracles, where they lament their situation: first Megara, desperate for the death of her children at the hands of his mad husband, then Alcmena, upset by a dream that adumbrates the hero’s sorrowful destiny. Such narrative segments define the poem’s carefully constructed architecture; this architecture underscores both the narrative strategy enacted by the two main charaters and their characterization. Particularly relevant is the metrical analysis of the poem’s hexamater: the metrical style is similar to that of Alexandrian poets, but with a few significant differences.http://journals.openedition.org/aitia/1517MegaraAlcmenaHeraclesepyllionHellenismhexameter |
| spellingShingle | Ester Cerbo Architettura e stile metrico dell’epillio Megara (Ps.-Mosch. IV) Aitia Megara Alcmena Heracles epyllion Hellenism hexameter |
| title | Architettura e stile metrico dell’epillio Megara (Ps.-Mosch. IV) |
| title_full | Architettura e stile metrico dell’epillio Megara (Ps.-Mosch. IV) |
| title_fullStr | Architettura e stile metrico dell’epillio Megara (Ps.-Mosch. IV) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Architettura e stile metrico dell’epillio Megara (Ps.-Mosch. IV) |
| title_short | Architettura e stile metrico dell’epillio Megara (Ps.-Mosch. IV) |
| title_sort | architettura e stile metrico dell epillio megara ps mosch iv |
| topic | Megara Alcmena Heracles epyllion Hellenism hexameter |
| url | http://journals.openedition.org/aitia/1517 |
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