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Journal issue | Num. 42 (n.s.) – Giugno 2024 – Fasc. 1
Research Article | On Crimes and Punishments of a Matricide
On Crimes and Punishments of a Matricide
Oreste Between φόνος ἑκούσιος and φόνος δίκαιος
- Luca Pucci - Independent Scholar - email
Abstract
In this paper I analyse some different mythical narratives about the trial of Orestes after the matricide. Aeschylus’ Eumenides (458 B.C.E.) have canonised a single version of the myth, based on the judgement at the Areopagus Council and on the hero’s acquittal through Athena’s vote. As a matter of fact, other versions exist in and outside of Athens about the hero on trial (i.e. Eur. Or., El.; Theodectes Phas. fr. 5 Snell; Dem. 23.74), which reveal alternative assessments of Orestes’ vengeance act.
Submitted: Sept. 2, 2023 | Accepted: Jan. 27, 2024 | Published July 3, 2024 | Language: it
Keywords Demosthenes • Theodectes Phaselis • Trial • Athens • Orestes • φόνος δίκαιος • φόνος ἐκ προνοίας • Areopagus • Aeschylus
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dc.title |
On Crimes and Punishments of a Matricide. Oreste Between φόνος ἑκούσιος and φόνος δίκαιος |
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dc.contributor.author |
Pucci Luca |
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dc.publisher |
Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Venice University Press, Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari |
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dc.type |
Research Article |
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dc.language.iso |
it |
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http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/riviste/lexis-journal/2024/1/del-delitto-e-delle-pene-di-un-matricida/ |
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dc.description.abstract |
In this paper I analyse some different mythical narratives about the trial of Orestes after the matricide. Aeschylus’ Eumenides (458 B.C.E.) have canonised a single version of the myth, based on the judgement at the Areopagus Council and on the hero’s acquittal through Athena’s vote. As a matter of fact, other versions exist in and outside of Athens about the hero on trial (i.e. Eur. Or., El.; Theodectes Phas. fr. 5 Snell; Dem. 23.74), which reveal alternative assessments of Orestes’ vengeance act. |
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dc.relation.ispartof |
Lexis |
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dc.relation.ispartof |
Num. 42 (n.s.) – Giugno 2024 – Fasc. 1 |
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dc.issued |
2024-07-03 |
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dc.dateAccepted |
2024-01-27 |
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dc.dateSubmitted |
2023-09-02 |
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dc.identifier.eissn |
2724-1564 |
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dc.rights |
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License |
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
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dc.identifier.doi |
10.30687/Lexis/2724-1564/2024/01/004 |
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dc.peer-review |
yes |
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dc.subject |
Aeschylus |
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dc.subject |
Areopagus |
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dc.subject |
Athens |
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dc.subject |
Demosthenes |
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dc.subject |
Orestes |
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dc.subject |
Theodectes Phaselis |
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dc.subject |
Trial |
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dc.subject |
φόνος δίκαιος |
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dc.subject |
φόνος ἐκ προνοίας |
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