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Introduzione ovvero ‘Ifigenia in Aulide’ tra cerchietti e parentesi

2017

The contribution is a brief introduction to the workshop “Ifigenia in Aulide di Euripide. Testo, Interpretazione, Drammaturgia, ieri e oggi”, held in Palermo on April 7, 2016, whose intent is here motivated. The meeting pivoted on the idea that a tragedy as IA, burdened with serious textual problems – as evidenced by the latest editions by James Diggle (OCT) and David Kovacs (Loeb) –, may be a good basis for a methodological reassessment, within which textual criticism may interact with interpretative problems and dramaturgical performances, concerning either the time when theatrical representations were performed and their numerous rewritings. The paper also briefly summarizes the content …

Espungere e interpretare: a proposito dell’esodo di Ifigenia in Aulide

2014

L’articolo mostra che l’espunzione dell’esodo di Ifigenia in Aulide, su cui concordano quasi tutti gli editori, può comportare conseguenze decisive sul piano dell’interpretazione della tragedia. Infatti, in alcuni studi recenti, basati sull’edizione Kovacs (Loeb Classical Library, London 2002), che espunge la parte finale relativa al racconto del messaggero con la sostituzione animale, la morte di Ifigenia viene considerata la vera conclusione della tragedia. Da qui è derivata un’interpretazione in chiave politica del sacrificio, secondo la quale, conclusasi negativamente la guerra con Sparta e in assenza di una valida classe dirigente, la morte di un’innocente sarebbe necessaria alla reali…

Punainen viiva : 70-luvun oppositio-ooppera

1997

Agamennone βουληφόρος? La sovranità alla prova del processo deliberativo

2022

Starting with the Iliad, Agamemnon is mostly depicted at the centre of dramatic deliberative situations. This feature is also present in fifth-century literature, particularly in some plays in which Agamemnon’s decision-making ability in uncertainty comes into tension with other characters in order to determine the ‘right’ decision and adequate leadership features. In this paper, I will focus on the Euripides’ play Iphigenia in Aulis (405 a.C.). In this tragedy the behaviour of the Achaean king draws our attention, as he is not equipped to handle his role and responsibilities. In the same years, also historiography is interested in the nature and risks of the deliberative process, as Thucyd…

Cronaca di una morte misteriosa. Variazioni sul mito di Ifigenia

2014

The paper analyses two different mythical traditions related to the final moment of the sacrifice of Iphigenia, i.e. the death of the girl or her rescue by Artemis. The aim is to enquire wich of the two versions Euripides has chosen for the final of his drama Iphigenia in Aulis. The exodus of the tragedy when Iphigenia is substituted by a deer, has been considered spurious. For that reason, many scholars concluded that the drama ended with the death of the protagonist. However, the analysis of the mythic-ritual context and the dramatic plot can suggest that the safety of Iphigenia was the true conclusion.

Violenza sacrificale e disturbi della comunicazione nella Ifigenia in Aulide

2013

The article focuses on the verbal and visual communication disorders in Iphigeneia at Aulis by Euripides. The aim is to show that the alteration of looks and words is directly related to the impending sacrificial violence. And that, therefore, the violence is the cause of the interrupted communication between the characters of the tragedy.

Guerra, politica e funzione poetica tra Troiane e Ifigenia in Aulide

2017

This essay aims to highlight the inherent political significance that can be attributed to The Trojan Women through a comparison with Iphigenia at Aulis starting from the representation of the death of two innocent victims. The death of Astyanax, who seals the destruction of Troy and whose violence is explicitly displayed, shows a political meaning that is clear and unequivocal, whereas the representation of the sacrifice of Iphigenia, an early act of the expedition, is ambiguous and politically uncommitted. From the mythical paradigm of the Trojan War, a system of signs that can be remodelled and reutilized in different ways, we can find out about the critical attitude of Euripides towards…