疯狂还是代理？奥维德《变形记》中的谋杀母亲

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CLASSICAL WORLD Pub Date : 2021-11-24 DOI:10.1353/clw.2021.0029

Patricia B. Salzman-Mitchell

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摘要：在奥维德的《变形记》中，普罗克尼、龙舌兰和伊诺杀死了他们的儿子。Procne和她的妹妹Philomela在第六本书中犯下了他们的罪行。我们认为，他们的行为是有预谋的、有意识的，而不是由精神错乱驱动的。《龙舌兰》和《伊诺》（第3本和第4本）的情节随后根据普罗科内和菲洛梅拉进行了回顾性分析。尽管底比斯母亲的罪行通常是合理的，并被理解为Dyonisiac占有和疯狂的结果，但我们梳理出女性代理和责任的可能性，甚至质疑疯狂的普遍假设，这可能会阻碍这些女性的任何独立思考和决策，并将她们沦为父权制和基本母性的例子。

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Madness or Agency? Murdering Mothers in Ovid's Metamorphoses Procne, Agave and Ino

ABSTRACT:Procne, Agave and Ino kill their sons in Ovid's Metamorphoses. Procne and her sister Philomela commit their crime in book 6. We argue that their actions are premeditated, conscious and not driven by insanity. The episodes of Agave and Ino (books 3 and 4) are then analyzed retrospectively in the light of Procne and Philomela. Although the Theban mothers' crimes are usually justified and understood as outcomes of Dyonisiac possession and madness, we tease out possibilities for female agency and responsibility, even questioning the general assumption of madness, which could preclude any independent thought and decision making in these women and would reduce them to examples of patriarchal and essential motherhood.

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期刊介绍： Classical World (ISSN 0009-8418) is the quarterly journal of The Classical Association of the Atlantic States, published on a seasonal schedule with Fall (September-November), Winter (December-February), Spring (March-May), and Summer (June-August) issues. Begun in 1907 as The Classical Weekly, this peer-reviewed journal publishes contributions on all aspects of Greek and Roman literature, history, and society.