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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"Arachne"”.
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Divine Poetics: Representation of Genre in Ovid's Metamorphoses 6.70-128
… in the textile competition between Minerva and Arachne. While various scholars have approached the story of Arachne based on Ovids critique of the Augustan regime, I focus more on the poetic representation of the two ekphrases in the context of their intertextual relationship with other Greek …
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Transgressive figures: Monsters and monstrosity in Flavian epic
… of hybrid monsters (Centaurs, the Minotaur and Arachne) reveal and reinforce tension around ‘otherness’ in this time period. At the same time, Flavian giants (both in the Thebaid and Punica) embody the conscious self-positioning of Flavian epicists relative to past models. Statius and Silius use …
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Reconstructing the Ancient Greek Warp Weighted Loom
Penelope, Arachne, and Athena: all are prominent female figures in Greek mythology who are known for their magnificent weaving skills. Indeed, the Greeks took pride from the skills that their daughters and wives exhibited on the loom because of the economic and social importance of weaving. Modern …
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Resistance to the Rise of the Principate: An Analysis of Literary Allusions to Augustus’ Rivals
… the punishment of artists in his depictions of Arachne and Marsyas.</p> <p>The poetic episodes studied in this dissertation are multilayered, so that the allegories are one of many readings possible, allowing the poet to allude to controversial events ambiguously enough that his enthusiasts …