On Stesichorus' Geryoneis
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- Tange, Kazuhiko
- 関西外国語大学教授
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- Other Title
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- ステシコロスの『ゲリュオン譚』
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Abstract
Stesichorus'Geryoneis consists in its extant form of 12 fragments and its subject matters concerns Heracles'acquisition of the cattle of Geryon which is the tenth of the twelve Labours of Heracles in Greek mythology. Heracles, who subdued the monster Geryon in the frontier, is regarded as a hero in the Greek world, but it seems that Stesichorus did not compose this poem from the viewpoint of the hero Heracles, but from that of the defeated monster Geryon. In fragment S15 (P. Oxy. 2617 frr. 4+5 col.i, ii) the poet describes the winner Heracles as a cunning and cruel murderer and the loser Geryon as an incarnation of the ghastly beauty, using the simile of a poppy which suddenly sheds its petals, spoiling its beauty. It is needless to say that this simile is a conscious imitation of Homer, Il. 8.306-308. Stesichorus, as Quintilian says, is a poet, 'epici carminis onera lyra sustinens" (Inst. Or. 10.1.62), and his Geryoneis is a lyric poem that incorporates much epic material.
Journal
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- CLASSICAL STUDIES
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CLASSICAL STUDIES 22 133-142, 2010-03-28
京都大学西洋古典研究会
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- CRID
- 1050282676670279296
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- NII Article ID
- 120002056229
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- NII Book ID
- AN10138475
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- ISSN
- 02897113
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- HANDLE
- 2433/108535
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- Text Lang
- ja
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- Article Type
- departmental bulletin paper
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- Data Source
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- IRDB
- CiNii Articles