Converging Truths: Euripides' Ion and the Athenian Quest for Self-Definition

253 Pages·2003·6.145 MB·English

by  Katerina Zacharia

CONVERGING TRUTHS
MNEMOSYNE
BIBLIOTHECA CLASSICA BATAVA
COLLEGERUNT
H. PINKSTER • H. S. VERSNEL
D.M. SCHENKEVELD · P. H. SCHRIJVERS
S.R.SUNGS
BIBUOTHECAE FASCICULOS EDENDOS CURAVIT
H. PINKSTER, KLASSIEK SEMINARIUM, OUDE TURFMARKT 129, AMSTERDAM
SUPPLEMENTUM DUCENTESIMUM SECUNDUM
KATERINA ZACHARIA
CONVERGING TRUTHS
CONVERGING TRUTHS
EURIPIDES' ION AND THE ATHENIAN
QUEST FOR SELF-DEFINITION
BY
KATERINA ZACHARIA
BRILL
LEIDEN · BOSTON
2003
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Zacharia, Katerina, 1967-
Converging truths : Euripides' Ion and the Athenian quest for self-definition I by Katarina Zacharia.
p. em.--(Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum ISSN 0169-8958; 242)
Revision of the author's thesis (Ph.D.)--University of London, 1996.
Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index.
ISBN 90-04-13000-4
I. Euripides. Ion. 2. Ion (Greek mythology) in literature. 3. Identity (Psychology) in
literature. 4. Apollo (Greek deity) in literature. 5. Athens (Greece)--In literature. 6. Group
identity in literature. 7. Nativism in literature. 8. Self in literature. I. Title. II. Series.
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CONTENTS
Abbreviations .............. .... .. .... .. .... .. .... ..................... .. ............... .. ..
IX
Preface ........................................................................................
XI
Chapter One From Delphi to Athens
1.1. Curtain-raiser: Delphi, March 412 BC ....................... .
1.2. Euripides' Ion: Performance Date and Plot
Summary.......................................................................... 3
1.3. Delphi and Athens: the Two Dramatic Settings of
the Ion .............................................................................. 7
Chapter Two Athenian Foundation Myths and the Ion;
Ionianism and Autochthony
2.1. Introduction .................................................................... 44
2.2. Ionianism and the Ion .................................................... 48
2.3. Autochthony .................................................................... 56
2.3.1. Myths of Autochthony ........................................ 56
2.3.2. The Athenian claim to Autochthony ................ 60
2.4. Ion ................................................................................ 66
2.4.1. Repetition and Difference .................................. 66
2.4.2. Athenians and Foreigners; Ion and Xouthos .... 70
2.5. Kreousa, the Kekropids, and Virgin Sacrifice ............ 76
2.5.1. Repetition and Difference .................................. 76
2.5.2. Kreousa's Monody: A reading ............................ 78
2.5.3. Kreousa in Transition .......................................... 96
2.6. The Cure of Athens ...................................................... 99
Chapter Three Apollo in the Ion
3 .1. Introduction . .. .. .. .. . .. . . .. .. .. .. . .. .. . .. . . .. .. . . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .. .. .. . . .. . 10 3
3.2. Apolline Pairings ............................................................ 107
3.3. Historical Interpretations ................................................ 118
3.4. Ephebic Apollo .............................................................. 123
3.5. Apollo the Founding Father .......................................... 125
3.6. Oracle and Play .............................................................. 128
3.7. Apollo as Director? ........................................................ 139
3.8. Conclusion . ...... .. .. .. .. .. ...... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ......... ...... .... .. .... 145
Vlll CONTENTS
Chapter Four The Ion in the Euripidean Corpus
4.1. Tragic, Comic, Serious .................................................. 150
4.2. Duality .............................................................................. 155
4.3. Polyphony and Carnivalesque ........................................ 166
4.4. Dialogic Vision of Truth ................................................ 176
4.5. Conclusion ...................................................................... 183
Epilogne . ........ .. .. .. ....... ....... .. .... ... .. .. ..... .. ..... .. .. .. ....... ..... .... ... ..... .. 186
Bibliography . .. .. .. .. .. .. . .. .. .. .. . .. .. .. .. . .. .. .. .. .. . .. .. .. . .. .. .. .. .. . .. . . .. . .. .. . .. .. .. . 189
General Index .. .. . .. .. .. .. . .. .. .. . .. .. .. .. .. .. . .. .. .. . .. .. .. .. . .. .. .. .. . .. .. . .. .. .. . .. .. . 213
Index of !on Passages ...... .. ....... ....... .. .. ....... ....... .. .. ... .. .. ... .. .. ..... ... 224
ABBREVIATIONS
The Abbreviations of journals follow the conventions of L 'Annee
Philologique. Abbreviations of the names of Greek authors and their
works follow or are fuller versions of those in LSJ9•
CID G. Rougement, Corpus des Inscriptions de Delphes (Paris,
1977).
DK H. Diels and W. Kranz, Fragmente der Vorsokratiker. 6th
edn. (Berlin, 1952).
FGrH F. Jacoby, Fragmente der griechischen Historiker, 15 vols. (Berlin,
1923-30; Leipzig, 1940-58).
M.L. West, Iambi et Elegi graeci, 2 vols, 2nd edn. (Oxford,
1989-92).
IG Inscriptiones Graecae
K-A R. Kassel and C. Austin, Poetae Comici Graeci (Berlin and
New York, 1983-).
LGPN P.M. Fraser & E. Matthews, Lexicon qf Greek Personal Names,
4 vols (Oxford, 1987-2000).
llMC Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae (Zurich and
Munich, 1981-97).
LS]g
H.G. Liddell and R. Scott, Greek-English Lexicon, 9th edn.,
rev. H. Stuart Jones (Oxford, 1940).
ML R. Meiggs and D. Lewis, A Selection qf Greek Historical
Inscriptions to the End qf the Fifth Century BC, revised edn.
(Oxford, 1988).
M-W R. Merkelbach and M.L. West, Fragmenta Hesiodea Oxford,
1967).
A Nauck, Tragicomm Graecomm Fragmenta, 2nd edn. (Leipzig,
1889; repr. with suppl. by B. Snell).
S. Hornblower and A. Spawforth, 0>-ford Classical Dictionary.
3rd edn. (1996).
OGIS W. Dittenberger, Orientis Graeci Inscriptiones Selectae (Leipzig,
1903-05).
Pfeiffer R. Pfeiffer, Callimachus 1-2 (Oxford, 1949-53).
PMG D.L. Page (ed.), Poetae melici Graeci (Oxford, 1962).
PMGF M. Davies, Poetamm Melicorum Graecorum Fragmenta (1991 ).
X ABBREVIATIONS
Snell-Maehler B. Snell & H. Maehler, Bacci!Jlides (Teubner, 1970;
repr. 1992).
TGrF B. Snell, R. Kannicht, S. Radt (eds.), Tragicorum
Graecorum Fragmenta (Gottingen, 1971-).
Euripides' Ion: Editions and Commentaries
The following editions are cited by author's name alone.
Hulsemann F. Hiilsemann, Euripidis Ion (Leipzig, 1801).
Hermann G. Hermann, Euripidis Ion (Leipzig, 1827).
Badham C. Badham, Euripides Ion (London, 1853).
Paley F.A. Paley, Euripides, vol. ii. (London, 1858).
Bayfield M.A. Bayfield, 1he Ion qf Euripides (London, 1889).
Verrall A.W. Verrall, 1he Ion qf Euripides (Cambridge, 1890).
Jerram C.S. Jerram, Euripides Ion (Oxford, 1896).
Gregoire H. Gregoire, Euripide, vol. iii. (Paris, 1923).
Wilamowitz U. von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, Euripides' Ion
(Berlin, 1926).
Owen AS. Owen, Euripides' Ion (Oxford, 1939).
Italie G. Italie, Euripides' Ion (Leiden, 1948).
Lucas D.W. Lucas, 1he Ion qf Euripides (London, 1949).
Ammendola G. Ammendola, Euripides' Ion (Florence, 1951).
Imhof M. Imhof, Euripides' Ion: Eine literarische Studie
(Bern and Miinchen, 1966).
Burnett A.P. Burnett, Ion by Euripides (Chicago, 1970).
Ebener D. Ebener, Euripides, vol. iv. (Berlin, 1977).
Biehl W. Biehl, Euripides' Ion (Leipzig, 1979).
J.
Diggle Diggle, Euripidis Fabulae, vol. ii. (Oxford, 1981 ).
Lee K.H. Lee, Euripides' Ion (Warminster, 1997).
Kovacs D. Kovacs, Euripides, vol. iv: Trqjan Women, Iphigeneia
among the Taurians, Ion (Harvard, 1999).