LAMPON'S EPISODE IN XENOPHON'S EPHESIACA: THE REFORMULATION OF A GOATHERD.

The article examines the figure of Lampon, an uncharacteristic goatherd appearing in a folk-tale-like story in Xenophon's Ephesiaca 2.9-12. It has long been recognized by critics that the circumstances of the Euripidean Electra are recalled in the episode under discussion. Comparisons are made with...

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Publicado en:Symbolae Osloenses Vol. 90; no. 1; pp. 164 - 180
Autor principal: Plastira-Valkanou, Maria
Formato: Literary Criticism
Publicado: Taylor & Francis Ltd 2016
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        Ephesiaca (Book)
        Xenophon, of Ephesus, fl. 2nd century
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        Greek ethics
        Greek literature -- History & criticism
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          Ephesiaca (Book)
          Xenophon, of Ephesus, fl. 2nd century
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          Greek ethics
          Greek literature -- History & criticism
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        Aristotelian ἀγροικία
        character typification
        Lampon an anti-aipolos
        Lampon and the αὐτουργός in Euripides' Electra
        subverting stereotypes
        Xenophon Ephesius
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