1. Cuando Apolo mató a Ganymedes. El "texte .liij." de la Epistre Othea.
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FOLGAR BREA, MARÍA JOSÉ
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APOLLO (Deity) , *GANYMEDE (Greek mythology) , *HYACINTHUS (Greek mythology) , *MANUSCRIPTS , *MYTHOLOGY - Abstract
Christine de Pizan's Epistre Othea aims to show a variety of models about what does it mean to be a perfect knight. In her book she bases on several sources, among which the Ovide moralisé is one of the most important. Thus, it's surprising that one of the used exempla conspicuously departs from the content of this work (and others that she knew) by introducing an episode in which Apollo kills Ganymede, not only in the text itself but also in the iconographic program that accompanies it in the manuscripts. This article tries to draw attention to this unique feature in order to seek some possible explanation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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