The group of Theban women: hunting and animal imagery in Euripides’ Bacchae

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  • Jara Breviatti Álvarez
Keywords: The Bachhae, Theban women, hunting, animal imagery

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to study the hunting metaphor and the animal imagery related to the Theban women in Euripides’ Bacchae. For this purpose, the specific characteristics of these women’s hunting are analyzed and an interpretation for the animal similes attributed to them is offered. In this regard, it is evidenced that the bestial qualities of the Theban women, the type of hunting that they perform and their relationship with snakes is common in the representation of female hunting demons. This leads to the conclusion that in the Euripidean representation of this myth, the women from Thebes take the shape of a dreadful divine weapon sent by Dionysus.

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Published
09-02-2016
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Breviatti Álvarez, J. (2016). The group of Theban women: hunting and animal imagery in Euripides’ Bacchae. Myrtia, 30, 35–60. Retrieved from https://revistas.um.es/myrtia/article/view/249931
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