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Gender, Class and Ideology: The Social Function of Virgin Sacrifice in Euripides'Children of Herakles

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Roselli, David Kawalko·2007·Classical Antiquity
DOI 10.1525/ca.2007.26.1.81
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Abstract This paper explores how gender can operate as a disguise for class in an examination of the self-sacrifice of the Maiden in Euripides' Children of Herakles. In Part I, I discuss the role of human sacrifice in terms of its radical potential to transform society and the role of class struggle in Athens. In Part II, I argue that the representation of women was intimately connected with the social and political life of the polis. In a discussion of iconography, the theater industry and audience I argue that female characters became one of the means by which different groups promoted partisan interests based on class and social status. In Part III, I show how the Maiden solicits the competing interests of the theater audience. After discussing the centrality (as a heroine from an aristocratic family) and marginality (as a woman and associated with other marginal social groups) of the Maiden's character, I draw upon the funeral oration as a comparative model with which to understand the quite different role of self-sacrifice in tragedy. In addition to representing and mystifying the interests of elite, lower class and marginal groups, the play glorifies a subordinate character whose contradictory social status (both subordinate and elite) embodies the social position of other “marginal” members of Athenian society. The play stages a model for taking political action to transform the social system and for commemorating the tragic costs of such undertakings.

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Authors
Roselli, D. K.
Affiliations
Scripps College (US)
Corresponding author
Roselli, David Kawalko
Venue
Classical Antiquity
Publisher
University of California Press
Published
2007-04-01
Volume
26
Issue
1
Pages
81-169
ISSN
  • 0278-6656 (ISSN-L)
  • 1067-8344
DOI
10.1525/ca.2007.26.1.81
OpenAlex
W1992837540
Cited by
60
References
317
Citations by year
2023: 2 · 2021: 23 · 2018: 1 · 2016: 3 · 2014: 27 · 2013: 1 · 2012: 2
FWCI
5.33
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Classical Antiquity (publishedVersion)
  • Knowledge Commons (Lakehead University)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Classics › Classical Antiquity Studies
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Visual Arts and Performing Arts › Theatre and Performance Studies
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Philosophy › Classical Philosophy and Thought
Keywords
Euripides, maidens, gender, social class, ideology, Athenian tragedy, women in tragedy, class struggle, Athenian polis, funeral oration, iconography, marginality, nobility, political commemoration

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