Holding hands in the "Argonautica"

• Paul Ojennus ^[1]
  1. [1] University of Idaho

     University of Idaho

     Estados Unidos

     
• Localización: Classical journal, ISSN 0009-8353, Vol. 101, Nº 3, 2006, págs. 253-270
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Apollonius thematically uses and develops three hand gestures familiar from earlier Greek art and literature. Lightly touching the fingers accompanies requests, grasping the right wrist or hand reinforces sexual dominance, and firmly taking the hand supports a promise of help made from a superior position. Often these gestures support the primary sense of an encounter, but in several important episodes, especially the meeting of Jason and Medea at the temple of Hecate, they undercut or complicate the dominant understanding of the relationship between the characters.