Abstract
This article aims at showing that on the Boston krater (Boston, Museum of Fine Arts 63. 1246) Agamemnon was portrayed wearing a finely decorated dress (rather than being trapped in the net described in the Aeschylean trilogy, as it is generally assumed). Such a representation recalls a lesser known mythical tradition, according to which Klytaimestra had weaved a robe without openings for the hands and the head and had offered it as a gift to Agamemnon (cp. Lycophron, Seneca, Dracontius).
Titolo tradotto del contributo | [Autom. eng. transl.] Deadly Vestis. Traces of an ancient tradition on the death of Agamemnon |
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Lingua originale | Italian |
pagine (da-a) | 3-33 |
Numero di pagine | 31 |
Rivista | AEVUM ANTIQUUM |
Volume | 2015 |
Stato di pubblicazione | Pubblicato - 2017 |
Keywords
- Boston MFA, Iconography, Aeschylus, Agamemnon
- Eschilo, Agamennone, Iconografia, Seneca