ATTENTION: The software behind KU ScholarWorks is being upgraded to a new version. Starting July 15th, users will not be able to log in to the system, add items, nor make any changes until the new version is in place at the end of July. Searching for articles and opening files will continue to work while the system is being updated.
If you have any questions, please contact Marianne Reed at mreed@ku.edu .
Hekate: a Symbol of the Dangers of Feminine Knowledge in Euripides
dc.contributor.advisor | Gordon, Pamela | |
dc.contributor.author | Smith, Kathryn Marie | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-01-02T21:10:04Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-01-02T21:10:04Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2016-08-31 | |
dc.date.submitted | 2016 | |
dc.identifier.other | http://dissertations.umi.com/ku:14765 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1808/22376 | |
dc.description.abstract | Without looking at the Argonautica and later Roman portrayals of Hekate, such as Ovid and Seneca, I want to explore Hekate’s relationship with Greek tragedy. How does a goddess evolve so quickly from possessing a share of land, sea, and earth (Theogony) and becoming the attendant to Persephone (Homeric Hymn to Demeter) to the goddess of witchcraft (Argonautica) less than five hundred years later. I believe Medea’s reliance on Hekate for assistance navigating the liminal space between the feminine sphere of nature and the masculine sphere of culture in Euripides’ tragedy began Hekate’s transformation. After mentioning Hekate and Medea’s close relationship in Medea (431 BCE), Euripides consequent mentions of Hekate [Hippolytus (428 BCE), Troades (415 BCE), Helen (412 BCE), Phoenician Women (410 BCE)] bring certain connotations into each scene. I am exploring what those connotations might be and how Medea started it. | |
dc.format.extent | 42 pages | |
dc.language.iso | en | |
dc.publisher | University of Kansas | |
dc.rights | Copyright held by the author. | |
dc.subject | Classical studies | |
dc.subject | Gender studies | |
dc.subject | culture | |
dc.subject | Euripides | |
dc.subject | gender | |
dc.subject | Hekate | |
dc.subject | Medea | |
dc.subject | nature | |
dc.title | Hekate: a Symbol of the Dangers of Feminine Knowledge in Euripides | |
dc.type | Thesis | |
dc.contributor.cmtemember | Jendza, Craig | |
dc.contributor.cmtemember | Shaw, Michael | |
dc.thesis.degreeDiscipline | Classics | |
dc.thesis.degreeLevel | M.A. | |
dc.identifier.orcid | ||
dc.rights.accessrights | openAccess |
Files in this item
This item appears in the following Collection(s)
-
Classics Dissertations and Theses [90]
-
Theses [4088]