L’antiduello, ovvero della morte di Priamo

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dc.identifier	ECF_article_12712
dc.title	L’antiduello, ovvero della morte di Priamo
dc.contributor.author	Tanozzi Federico
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Venice University Press, Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari
dc.type	Research Article
dc.language.iso	it
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/riviste/lexis-journal/2023/2/lantiduello-ovvero-della-morte-di-priamo/
dc.description.abstract	In the vast bloodshed of the Ilioupersis, the king of Troy Priam – an old man, burdened with sufferances – faces death by the hands of Neoptolemus, Achilles’ young son. Far from the mercy shown by his father towards Priam in Iliad 24, Neoptolemus is eager to slaughter the king on the very altar of Zeus Herkeios, forsaking the protection granted to a suppliant and violating the heroic behavioural ethos. The three accounts of Priam’s death here discussed – Vergil’s Aeneid 2, Quintus of Smyrna’s Posthomerica 13, Triphiodorus’ Halosis Iliou – rather than focusing on the thematic structure of a hikesia-scene, elaborate on the motifs of a paradoxical and perverted monomachia.
dc.relation.ispartof	Lexis
dc.relation.ispartof	Num. 41 (n.s.) – Dicembre 2023 – Fasc. 2
dc.issued	2023-12-18
dc.dateSubmitted	2022-12-24
dc.identifier.issn
dc.identifier.eissn	2724-1564
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.identifier.doi	10.30687/Lexis/2724-1564/2023/02/007
dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	Hikesia
dc.subject	Ilioupersis
dc.subject	Monomachia
dc.subject	Neoptolemus
dc.subject	Priam’s Death

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Federico Tanozzi Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Italia

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In the vast bloodshed of the Ilioupersis, the king of Troy Priam – an old man, burdened with sufferances – faces death by the hands of Neoptolemus, Achilles’ young son. Far from the mercy shown by his father towards Priam in Iliad 24, Neoptolemus is eager to slaughter the king on the very altar of Zeus Herkeios, forsaking the protection granted to a suppliant and violating the heroic behavioural ethos. The three accounts of Priam’s death here discussed – Vergil’s Aeneid 2, Quintus of Smyrna’s Posthomerica 13, Triphiodorus’ Halosis Iliou – rather than focusing on the thematic structure of a hikesia-scene, elaborate on the motifs of a paradoxical and perverted monomachia.

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Dec. 18, 2023

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Dec. 24, 2022

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Keywords: Priam’s Death • Neoptolemus • Ilioupersis • Hikesia • Monomachia

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