The present study offers a comparison between two myths concerning incest: Oedipus in Senecan tragedy on one side, Myrrha in Ovid Metamorphoses 10 on the other. The two narratives share many topics regarding structure, characters and motives: in particular, the fitting punishment for their sins, even if it is evidently different (selfblinding for Oedipus, metamorphosis for Myrrha), is defined in both cases as a halfway through life and death. This element is a key issue for any metamorphosis: but Ovid presents it this way only in the case of Myrrha. Oedipus, on his side, struggles desperately to obtain this result. This shows that incest is as relevant as parricide in Oedipus’ research for the fitting punishment. The similarity between metamorphosis and a punishment which implies a long death was already in Sophocles’ Antigone: so, there was a tragic antecedent for this analogy, which echoes in Ovid’s poem, and then reappears in another tragedy, Seneca’s Oedipus.
Il lavoro compara la dinamica colpa/punizione con riferimento ad Edipo e a Mirra: in entrambi i casi, la loro punizione viene definita come una via di mezzo fra la vita e la morte.Questo elemento caratterizza tutte le metamorfosi, ma viene presentato in questi termini da Ovidio solo per Mirra. Le somiglianze strutturali fra i due episodi mostrano quanto la colpa dell'incesto non sia meno rilevante di quella del parricidio nel caso di Edipo. E la presenza della metamorfosi con la 'lunga morte' nell'Antigone di Sofocle offre un precedente tragico al poema ovidiano, che si volge di nuovo in tragedia in Seneca.
Edipo e Mirra fra la terra e il cielo. Colpa e punizione nell'Oedipus di Seneca e nel mito ovidiano di Mirra / Berno, FRANCESCA ROMANA. - STAMPA. - (2018), pp. 77-97.
Edipo e Mirra fra la terra e il cielo. Colpa e punizione nell'Oedipus di Seneca e nel mito ovidiano di Mirra
BERNO francesca romana
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The present study offers a comparison between two myths concerning incest: Oedipus in Senecan tragedy on one side, Myrrha in Ovid Metamorphoses 10 on the other. The two narratives share many topics regarding structure, characters and motives: in particular, the fitting punishment for their sins, even if it is evidently different (selfblinding for Oedipus, metamorphosis for Myrrha), is defined in both cases as a halfway through life and death. This element is a key issue for any metamorphosis: but Ovid presents it this way only in the case of Myrrha. Oedipus, on his side, struggles desperately to obtain this result. This shows that incest is as relevant as parricide in Oedipus’ research for the fitting punishment. The similarity between metamorphosis and a punishment which implies a long death was already in Sophocles’ Antigone: so, there was a tragic antecedent for this analogy, which echoes in Ovid’s poem, and then reappears in another tragedy, Seneca’s Oedipus.| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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