My work is focused on the myth of Helen in Euripides’ work and especially in the tragedy Helen. Starting from a general recognition of the myth and of the passages of Euripides' theatre where Helen appears (directly or indirectly), I will pass to a detailed analysis of the tragedies Hecuba, The Trojan Women and Helen, in order to show and interpret the inner doubling that the character constantly presents. I will consider then, starting from the second stasimon of this last tragedy, a very important and in the same time less studied theme: the relationship between the figure of Helen and the myth of Demeter and Persephone. In order to understand this aspect, is very important to be aware especially of the Egyptian setting of the play, as well as of the spiritual atmosphere in Athens at the end of the V century, when the city was about to be defeated in the Peloponnesian war and was thus particularly open to cultural influences from the Near East.
Nel mio lavoro analizzo il mito di Elena all’interno dell’opera di Euripide e in particolare nella tragedia omonima. Partendo da una ricognizione generale del mito in questione e dei passi del teatro euripideo in cui Elena compare (direttamente o indirettamente), passerò ad un’analisi dettagliata dell'Ecuba, delle Troiane e dell’Elena, al fine di mettere in luce e di interpretare gli sdoppiamenti intrinseci al personaggio. Approfondirò poi, a partire dal secondo stasimo di quest’ultima tragedia, un tema molto importante e nello stesso tempo poco indagato: la relazione tra figura di Elena e il mito di Demetra e Persefone. Per comprendere questo aspetto è fondamentale tenere conto, tra le altre cose, dell’ambientazione egizia del dramma, così come dell’atmosfera spirituale dell’Atene di fine V secolo, prostrata dall’imminente sconfitta nella guerra del Peloponneso e particolarmente aperta agli influssi cultuali orientali.
LA NUOVA ELENA DI EURIPIDE IL DRAMMA DELL’ΕΙΔΩΛΟΝ
FERRARIO, OTTAVIA SUSANNA MARGHERITA
2015/2016
Abstract
My work is focused on the myth of Helen in Euripides’ work and especially in the tragedy Helen. Starting from a general recognition of the myth and of the passages of Euripides' theatre where Helen appears (directly or indirectly), I will pass to a detailed analysis of the tragedies Hecuba, The Trojan Women and Helen, in order to show and interpret the inner doubling that the character constantly presents. I will consider then, starting from the second stasimon of this last tragedy, a very important and in the same time less studied theme: the relationship between the figure of Helen and the myth of Demeter and Persephone. In order to understand this aspect, is very important to be aware especially of the Egyptian setting of the play, as well as of the spiritual atmosphere in Athens at the end of the V century, when the city was about to be defeated in the Peloponnesian war and was thus particularly open to cultural influences from the Near East.È consentito all'utente scaricare e condividere i documenti disponibili a testo pieno in UNITESI UNIPV nel rispetto della licenza Creative Commons del tipo CC BY NC ND.
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https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14239/10294