Mourning, celebration, and the sun god: the Apollo-Hades antithesis in Fr. 271 (Davies & Finglass) by Stesichorus
This paper aims to argue that the Apollo-Hades antithesis established in Stesichorus, fragment 271 (Davies & Finglass), when put in the context of its transmission source (Plutarch, On the E at Delphi), can admit a renewed meaning to the Plutarchian audience, namely, that Apollo and Hades ar...
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| Language: | Portuguese |
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Universidade Estadual de Campinas
2022
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| Online Access: | https://econtents.sbu.unicamp.br/inpec/index.php/phaos/article/view/16079 |
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| Summary: | This paper aims to argue that the Apollo-Hades antithesis established in Stesichorus, fragment 271 (Davies & Finglass), when put in the context of its transmission source (Plutarch, On the E at Delphi), can admit a renewed meaning to the Plutarchian audience, namely, that Apollo and Hades are also opposed to each other considering that the former, as it is speculated, is a god associated with the sun, and the latter, as it is well known, is the god of the underworld – an unlikely meaning for the audience contemporary to Stesichorus. Therefore, we analyze the internal and external elements that constitute the opposition in the poem, and place them under Plutarch’s point of view. The analysis focuses on thematic and intertextual aspects, given the few verses that remain from the fragment. Thus, the paper intends to show how Apollo’s imagery as a sun god reinforces Plutarch’s thesis on the purity of Apollo, and establishes a new facet in opposition to Hades, although it has dubious bases according to Plutarch.
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| ISSN: | 1676-3076 |
