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Transgressive heroism : gender, genre, and Ovid in Valerius Flaccus' "Argonautica"
- Title
- Transgressive heroism : gender, genre, and Ovid in Valerius Flaccus' "Argonautica" / Raymond Marks.
- Author
- Marks, Raymond
- Publication
- Berlin : De Gruyter, [2024]
- ©2024
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Details
- Series Statement
- Trends in classics. Supplementary volumes, 1868-4785 ; volume 175
- Uniform Title
- Trends in classics. Supplementary volumes ; v. 175.
- Alternative Title
- Gender, genre, and Ovid in Valerius Flaccus' "Argonautica"
- Subject
- Valerius Flaccus, Gaius, active 1st century > Criticism and interpretation
- Argonauts (Greek mythology) in literature
- Heroes in literature
- Gender identity in literature
- Mythology, Greek, in literature
- Classical literature > History and criticism
- Latin poetry > History and criticism
- Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D. > Influence
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-256) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction -- Hercules -- Cyzicus -- Artes Amatoriae -- Crossing Boundaries -- Entanglements in the Grove -- Deviant Desires -- The Bulls and the Earthborns -- The Fleece and a Wedding -- Jason's Heroic Crisis -- Conclusion.
- Call Number
- JFE 25-1210
- ISBN
- 9783111562544
- 3111562549
- 9783111562629 (canceled/invalid)
- 9783111562742 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 9783111562544
- OCLC
- 1458807581
- Author
- Marks, Raymond, author.
- Title
- Transgressive heroism : gender, genre, and Ovid in Valerius Flaccus' "Argonautica" / Raymond Marks.
- Publisher
- Berlin : De Gruyter, [2024]
- Copyright Date
- ©2024
- Description
- viii, 290 pages ; 24 cm.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Trends in classics. Supplementary volumes, 1868-4785 ; volume 175Trends in classics. Supplementary volumes ; v. 175.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-256) and index.
- Summary
- Roman epic is traditionally understood to advance a masculine, martial form of heroism. In his version of the Argonaut legend, the Argonautica, however, Valerius Flaccus challenges that prevailing ethos of the genre by turning Medea, Jason's love interest in the story, into a heroic figure and Jason himself into her emasculated victim. The present study charts this plotline as it unfolds in the second half of Valerius' epic, finding its key source of inspiration in the poetry of Ovid with its tales of transgressive love, gender-bending, and unconventional heroism. Employing an extensive program of allusion to his Metamorphoses and elegiac works, Valerius transforms Medea from the innocent, vulnerable girl we see in her first appearance in the poem into a threatening, powerful, and masculine figure, who not only helps Jason fulfill his quest for the golden fleece, but eclipses him as hero in the process. Readers of this study will gain insight into Valerius' inventive reworking of the Argonaut myth and innovations within the epic genre as well as a greater appreciation for Ovid's influence on Roman epic poetry in the first century CE.-- Provided by publisher.
- Other Form:
- 9783111562629 PDF9783111562742 ePub
- Other Standard Identifier
- 9783111562544
- Research Call Number
- JFE 25-1210