Deianira and the death in bed: Gender and marriage in Sophocles’ Women of Trachis
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https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2177-4218.v11i1p205-233Keywords:
Women of Trachis, Deianeira, marriage, bed, timéAbstract
This study analyzes Deianeira’s discourse in Sophocles’ Women of Trachis, examining issues related to marriage and the symbolism of the marital bed to establish a timḗ (honor) advocated by the tragic character. The analysis builds on a gender studies approach to Greek tragedy that seeks to locate a network of meanings about the status of women and their social function in order to track the character’s tragicity, oscillating between the powers of Eros and Aphrodite. The study examines the structure of Sophocles’ tragedy and his use of specific vocabulary to delineate a Deianeira connected to the oîkos.
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