An amazon in Athens : gendered correlation and political association in Sophocles’ "Trachiniae"

• Main Author: Σεφεριάδη, Γεσθημανή
• Other Authors: Καρακάντζα, Ευφημία
• Format: Thesis
• Language: Greek
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Athenian tragedy; Gender studies; Feminism; Sophocles; Trachiniae; Αρχαία Ελληνική τραγωδία; Έμφυλες ταυτότητες; Φεμινιστική κριτική; Σοφοκλής; Τραχίνιες; 882.01

This thesis seeks to explore the gendered politics in Sophocles’ Trachiniae. In particular, in the first chapter, I suggest that Deianeira’s Amazonian prehistory introduces from the outset a paradoxical and unstable symbol of similarity and difference that creates tension between masculinity and fem...