Tereus Through the Ages : Reassembling the Myth of Tereus

Alessandra Abbattista

ISBN 10: 3110728702 / ISBN 13: 9783110728705

Edité par De Gruyter Sep 2025, 2025

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Neuware - This volume constitutes the first attempt at bringing together scholars from Greek literature, Latin literature and archaeology working on the tradition of the Tereus myth. More specifically, it will focus on the reconstruction, transmission and reception of the myth in Greece and Rome by examining the different adaptations and interactions of the story through the lens of assemblage theory. References to the Tereus myth date back to the Homeric poems; it was addressed by renowned dramatists, such as Aeschylus, Sophocles and Accius, before being adapted by Ovid. These different versions raise questions about the reconstruction of the myth and the representation of women, revenge, paidophagia and metamorphosis. Aspects of the story reverberate in ancient material culture, especially Greek vase paintings, which stem from different variants and traditions. Building on assemblage theory, the volume draws forth collaboration between specialists in Classical studies to examine how the myth was adapted in Greece and Rome without prestiging a Greek original. As such, it will be of significant interest for researchers and postgraduate students working on Greek and Roman tragedy, Ovid, classical reception and ancient material culture.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Tereus Through the Ages : Reassembling the Myth of Tereus
• Éditeur: De Gruyter Sep 2025
• Date de parution: 2025
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 3110728702
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9783110728705
• Reliure: Buch
• État de l'article: Neu
• Dimensions: 240 L x 160 H x 20 P (en millimètres) 240 millimètres de largeur par 160 millimètres de hauteur par 20 millimètres de profondeur
• Poids: 515 grammes

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This volume constitutes the first attempt at bringing together scholars from Greek literature, Latin literature and archaeology working on the tradition of the Tereus myth. More specifically, it will focus on the reconstruction, transmission and reception of the myth in Greece and Rome by examining the different adaptations and interactions of the story through the lens of assemblage theory.

References to the Tereus myth date back to the Homeric poems; it was addressed by renowned dramatists, such as Aeschylus, Sophocles and Accius, before being adapted by Ovid. These different versions raise questions about the reconstruction of the myth and the representation of women, revenge, paidophagia and metamorphosis. Aspects of the story reverberate in ancient material culture, especially Greek vase paintings, which stem from different variants and traditions.

Building on assemblage theory, the volume draws forth collaboration between specialists in Classical studies to examine how the myth was adapted in Greece and Rome without prestiging a Greek original. As such, it will be of significant interest for researchers and postgraduate students working on Greek and Roman tragedy, Ovid, classical reception and ancient material culture.

À propos de l'auteur

Alessandra Abbattista, University of Roehampton, UK; Chiara Blanco, Newcastle University, UK; Maria Haley, University of Manchester, UK; Giacomo Savani, University of Leeds, UK.