Scribere Iussit Amor: Phaedra, Love, and (Roman) Law in Ovid's Heroides 4

IF 0.6 1区历史学 0 CLASSICS

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHILOLOGY Pub Date : 2024-09-05 DOI:10.1353/ajp.2024.a936330

Simona Martorana

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Abstract

Abstract:

This article examines the interplay between legal language and poetic discourse within Ovid’s Heroides 4. As a knowledgeable reader of previous authors, as well as an expert in love poetry and Roman and divine law, the Ovidian Phaedra combines literary tradition, elegiac patterns, and legal discourse to portray her adulterous and incestuous relationship with Hippolytus as legitimate. Phaedra’s ironical reinterpretation and manipulation of Roman legal concepts, along with her skillful use of sources and elegiac motifs, articulates Ovid’s attempt to uncover the intrinsic arbitrariness and unreliability of contemporary (Augustan) juridical constructs.

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Scribere Iussit Amor：奥维德《英雄传》中的菲德拉、爱情和（罗马）法律 4

摘要:本文研究了奥维德《英雄传 4》中法律语言与诗歌话语之间的相互作用。奥维德笔下的菲德拉既是前辈作家的知识读者，又是爱情诗和罗马法与神法的专家，她将文学传统、挽歌模式和法律话语结合起来，将自己与希波吕托斯的通奸乱伦关系描写得合情合理。菲德拉对罗马法律概念进行了反讽性的重新诠释和处理，并巧妙地使用了资料来源和挽歌主题，这表明奥维德试图揭示当代（奥古斯都时期）司法建构的内在任意性和不可靠性。

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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHILOLOGY CLASSICS-

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