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Μάντις πολύτροπος: i ruoli di Anfiarao nell’Ipsipile di Euripide

Michele Di Bello    Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa, Italia    

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abstract

In Euripides’ fragmentary Hypsipyle (frag. 752‑69 K.) the seer Amphiaraus plays many and crucial roles: he first unwittingly causes Hypsipyle’s troubles, then becomes her saviour and prevents her execution; he also acts as a messenger of Opheltes’ death; finally, he is responsible for the recognition between Hypsipyle and her two sons. In Greek tragedy there is not another character who plays so many and so important roles in the same drama: Hypsipyle’s Amphiaraus is absolutely one of a kind, a product of Euripides’ late and experimental period of activity as a dramatist. This paper aims to analyse each of the roles played by the seer in this tragedy to evaluate the uniqueness and complexity of his dramaturgical function.

Published
Dec. 18, 2023
Accepted
Oct. 30, 2023
Submitted
Sept. 16, 2023
Language
IT

Keywords: Amphiaraus • Fragments • Roles • Euripides • Hypsipyle

permalink http://doi.org/10.30687/Lexis/2724-1564/2023/02/004

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