"e paper tackles Euripides’ posthumous success in IV–III centuries BC comic production. A8er his death, the tragic poet becomes an auctoritas on the comic stage and comic characters express an admiration which o8en resembles fandom. A telling example is Philemon fr. 118, where a character states that he would hang himself if only that allowed him to see Euripides. Similar hyperbolic passages are considered, stressing the element of pathological fanatism, a possible explanation of which is to be found in the innovative treatment that Euripides has of μανία and other pathologies. Lastly, a diachronic perspective of relevant comic passages allows some general considerations about the genre’ s evolution.
Euripidomania: tracce di fanatismo morboso per il poeta tragico in commedia (Philem. fr. 118 Kassel – Austin)
VIRGINIA MASTELLARI
2022-01-01
Abstract
"e paper tackles Euripides’ posthumous success in IV–III centuries BC comic production. A8er his death, the tragic poet becomes an auctoritas on the comic stage and comic characters express an admiration which o8en resembles fandom. A telling example is Philemon fr. 118, where a character states that he would hang himself if only that allowed him to see Euripides. Similar hyperbolic passages are considered, stressing the element of pathological fanatism, a possible explanation of which is to be found in the innovative treatment that Euripides has of μανία and other pathologies. Lastly, a diachronic perspective of relevant comic passages allows some general considerations about the genre’ s evolution.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
