Father, Womb, Blood: Apollo’s embryological theory, the ethics of revenge, and the supposed exclusion of women in Aischylos’ Eumenides

In Aischylos’ Eumenides, Apollo intimates a theory according to which the father is the sole genetic parent of the child. The status of this conception, and whether it is depicted as an outlandish idea, has been much and inconclusively discussed. This paper considers a neglected piece of evidence: A...

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Main Author: Johan Tralau
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Vilnius University Press 2019-12-01
Series:Literatūra (Vilnius)
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Online Access:https://www.zurnalai.vu.lt/literatura/article/view/15809