The Swinging Woman. Phaedra and Swing in Classical Greece.
In classical myth Phaedra plays a particular role: a main figure in ancient literature (Euripides, Ovid, Seneca write extensively about her vicissitudes), she occupies a very limited space in the artistic repertoire of the classical world. In the Greek world, Phaedra’s figure is unknown to the Helle...
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| description | In classical myth Phaedra plays a particular role: a main figure in ancient literature (Euripides, Ovid, Seneca write extensively about her vicissitudes), she occupies a very limited space in the artistic repertoire of the classical world. In the Greek world, Phaedra’s figure is unknown to the Hellenic artistic repertoires. There is however an interesting exception: the pictures painted by Polygnotos for the Lesche of the Cnidians at Delphoi, where Phaedra is on a swing. The annotation of Pausania is by no means secondary: it is common knowledge, as the myths of Erigon or Charila show, that there is a very close symbolic connection between the swing and the hanging, which is also how Phaedra chooses to kill herself. But the binomial swing/hanging, mainly related to sexual relations by ancient sources, also represents symbolically the kind of death enacted in female puberty rituals. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-de989d5e5ffb43eb827e5b04cbc9a9a32023-09-02T12:03:42ZdeuUNICApressMedea2421-58212016-07-012110.13125/medea-24441636The Swinging Woman. Phaedra and Swing in Classical Greece.Federica Doria0Marco Giuman1University of CagliariUniversity of CagliariIn classical myth Phaedra plays a particular role: a main figure in ancient literature (Euripides, Ovid, Seneca write extensively about her vicissitudes), she occupies a very limited space in the artistic repertoire of the classical world. In the Greek world, Phaedra’s figure is unknown to the Hellenic artistic repertoires. There is however an interesting exception: the pictures painted by Polygnotos for the Lesche of the Cnidians at Delphoi, where Phaedra is on a swing. The annotation of Pausania is by no means secondary: it is common knowledge, as the myths of Erigon or Charila show, that there is a very close symbolic connection between the swing and the hanging, which is also how Phaedra chooses to kill herself. But the binomial swing/hanging, mainly related to sexual relations by ancient sources, also represents symbolically the kind of death enacted in female puberty rituals.https://ojs.unica.it/index.php/medea/article/view/2444PhaedraSwingHangingAioraAnthesteria |
| spellingShingle | Federica Doria Marco Giuman The Swinging Woman. Phaedra and Swing in Classical Greece. Medea Phaedra Swing Hanging Aiora Anthesteria |
| title | The Swinging Woman. Phaedra and Swing in Classical Greece. |
| title_full | The Swinging Woman. Phaedra and Swing in Classical Greece. |
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| title_short | The Swinging Woman. Phaedra and Swing in Classical Greece. |
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| topic | Phaedra Swing Hanging Aiora Anthesteria |
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