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Självmord i Ovidius Epistulae Heroidum

Mattsson Chaara, Asrar LU (2024) AKSK04 20232
Classical archaeology and ancient history
Abstract
Ovid’s Epistulae Heroidum is unique in the way it portrays the female point of view in many ancient myths where the women’s perspective previously has not been considered. This essay focuses on four of mythological women’s letters from the Heroides; Phyllis, Dido, Deianira and Canace – all of whom commit suicide. The purpose of the essay is to discern the reason for their suicide as well as to examine their chosen method to kill themselves, and what meaning the methods may have.
The results of this inquiry revealed that the reason for the heroines’ suicides lies in the loss of power, honour and respect in their respective communities, and that the methods that they use reflect how they felt about themselves and their respective fates.
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author
Mattsson Chaara, Asrar LU
supervisor
organization
course
AKSK04 20232
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Epistulae Heroidum, Heroides, Ovid, female suicide, Roman mythology, Greek mythology, Roman literature, Phyllis, Deianira, Dido, Canace, literary analysis.
language
Swedish
id
9150560
date added to LUP
2024-04-12 13:00:10
date last changed
2024-04-12 13:00:10
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  abstract     = {{Ovid’s Epistulae Heroidum is unique in the way it portrays the female point of view in many ancient myths where the women’s perspective previously has not been considered. This essay focuses on four of mythological women’s letters from the Heroides; Phyllis, Dido, Deianira and Canace – all of whom commit suicide. The purpose of the essay is to discern the reason for their suicide as well as to examine their chosen method to kill themselves, and what meaning the methods may have.
The results of this inquiry revealed that the reason for the heroines’ suicides lies in the loss of power, honour and respect in their respective communities, and that the methods that they use reflect how they felt about themselves and their respective fates.}},
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