Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
8-2016
Department
Department of History
Abstract
This article considers how Greek tragedy adapts the metaphor of the curse as a garment used in Ancient Near Eastern rituals and treaties. Using this comparative material, I analyze the fatal garments used by female characters in Aeschylus’ Agamemnon, Sophocles’ Women of Trachis, and Euripides’ Medea.
Recommended Citation
Fletcher, J. 2016 The Curse as a Garment in Greek Tragedy. In G. Fanfani, M. Harlow, & M.-L. Nosch (eds), Spinning Fates and the Song of the Loom: The Use of Textiles, Clothing and Cloth Production as Metaphor, Symbol and Narrative Device in Greek and Latin Literature. Oxford & Philadelphia: Oxbow Books, 101-113.
Comments
Copyright © 2016 by Judith Fletcher and Oxbow Books. This book chapter appeared in Spinning Fates and the Song of the Loom: The Use of Textiles, Clothing and Cloth Production as Metaphor, Symbol and Narrative Device in Greek and Latin Literature, and is reproduced here with kind permission from Oxbow Books.