Attic tradition and tragic allusion in the ithyphallic hymn for Demetrius Poliorcetes
In this paper, I explore how the ithyphallic hymn for Demetrius Poliorcetes engages with conflicting interpretations of the Athenian literary past. I show how the hymn draws on Attic tragedy to associate Demetrius with two key figures of the dramatic stage: the divine Dionysus and the heroic Oedipus...
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University of California Press
2023
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