Nota esegetica ad Ar. Eccl. 7-11
Exegetic Note to Ar. Eccl. 7-11. In Praxagora's opening monologue in Ecclesiazusae the lamp is praised as the only trustowrthy companion in women's secret activities. It is customarily agreed upon that in lines 7-11 the merit of the lamp is helping women commit adultery. However, multiple...
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Fabrizio Serra Editore
2019
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| description | Exegetic Note to Ar. Eccl. 7-11. In Praxagora's opening monologue in Ecclesiazusae the lamp is praised as the only trustowrthy companion in women's secret activities. It is customarily agreed upon that in lines 7-11 the merit of the lamp is helping women commit adultery. However, multiple reasons make this interpretation quite unlikely, and therefore this paper aims at providing a different exegesis, namely that the lamp is praised as it helps female autoeroticism. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:da1badb9-254c-453f-85a2-ea1f5045cdac2022-03-27T09:00:44ZNota esegetica ad Ar. Eccl. 7-11Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:da1badb9-254c-453f-85a2-ea1f5045cdacSymplectic Elements at OxfordFabrizio Serra Editore2019Favi, FExegetic Note to Ar. Eccl. 7-11. In Praxagora's opening monologue in Ecclesiazusae the lamp is praised as the only trustowrthy companion in women's secret activities. It is customarily agreed upon that in lines 7-11 the merit of the lamp is helping women commit adultery. However, multiple reasons make this interpretation quite unlikely, and therefore this paper aims at providing a different exegesis, namely that the lamp is praised as it helps female autoeroticism. |
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