From Socrates to Briseis: Homeric Problems and Epistolary Fiction in "Heroides" 3

• Autores: Jean-Christophe Jolivet
• Localización: Illinois classical studies, ISSN 0363-1923, Vol. 46, Nº. 1-2, 2021, págs. 119-137
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • This paper aims to investigate the epistolary fiction in Heroides 3 in the light of ancient Homeric scholarship. The study of the Iliadic intertext should allow us to propose a hypothesis to identify the character who inspired Briseis's letter. By focusing on both Ulysses's strange attitude in Iliad 9 and Briseis's strange ignorance in Heroides 3, it tends to propose a new interpretation of the epistolary mode.