A woman's right is a goddess's right? The meaning and function of the image of helen in the poetry of sappho (in light of recent papyrology's discoveries)

Timothey Myakin

doi:10.25205/1995-4328-2020-14-1-184-206

A woman's right is a goddess's right? The meaning and function of the image of helen in the poetry of sappho (in light of recent papyrology's discoveries)

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The image of the Helen in Sapph. Fr. 16 (Neri-Cinti) is analyzed in detail on the basis of the new papyrus fragments which were published by Dirk Obbink (Obbink 2016a). According to the results of the comparative analysis, it is concluded that the form of the aoristic active participle from the verb, which is used in Sapph. Fr. 16, refers not only to the vocabulary of Homer, but also to the vocabulary of legal documents (cf. Hom. Il. XV, 653-654; Hellanic., Fr. 31, 50 Jacoby; IG XII(2), No58, 8-9 etc.). Thus, we confirm a special significance of the Sapph. Fr. 16, which is a "program" song of Sappho's thiasos (cf. Bierl 2003).

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	184-206
Number of pages	23
Journal	Schole
Volume	14
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.25205/1995-4328-2020-14-1-184-206
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2020

Keywords

Helen at Alcaeus's poetry
Image of the Helen in Sapph. 16
The cult of Helen at Sappho
the cult of Helen at Sappho
image of the Helen in Sapph. 16

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