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CADMEA PROLES: IDENTITY AND INTERTEXT IN SENECA'S HERCULES FURENS.

CADMEA PROLES: IDENTITY AND INTERTEXT IN SENECA'S HERCULES FURENS.

Authors :
LUSHKOV, AYELET HAIMSON
Source :
Classical Journal; 2016, Vol. 111 Issue 3, p303-316, 14p
Publication Year :
2016

Abstract

This article explores the phrase Cadmea proles, a Latin hapax, in Seneca's Hercules Furens 268. Through attention to philological intertexts and the dramaturgy of the passage, I pursue two separate but related lines of inquiry: the first is to argue that Cadmea proles alludes to, among other things, the myth of Oedipus, specifically in its dramatic staging by Sophocles and by Seneca himself. The second is to suggest that the Oedipal intertext, hardly surprising in a Theban play, introduces, on a microscopic level, some of the broader themes of the Hercules Furens, especially its concern with legitimacy, identity, and referential instability. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00098353
Volume :
111
Issue :
3
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
Classical Journal
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
116780553
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.5184/classicalj.111.3.0303