In Defence of Seneca's Phaedra

David Kristian Bloch

In Defence of Seneca's Phaedra

Saxo-Instituttet - Arkæologi, Etnologi, Historie og Græsk og Latin

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Abstract

Artiklen søger at vise, (1) at Phaedra i Senecas tragedie af samme navn ikke er en manipulerende og ond kvinde, selvom forskere og fortolkere oftest beskriver hende sådan, og (2) at personkarakteristikken er overbevisende og gennemført.

Originalsprog	Engelsk
Tidsskrift	Classica et Mediaevalia
Vol/bind	58
Sider (fra-til)	237-257
Antal sider	21
ISSN	0106-5815
Status	Udgivet - 2007

Emneord

Det Humanistiske Fakultet
Seneca
Phaedra

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