The Reality of Women in the Universe of the Ancient Novel

This volume gathers chapters related to the condition of women in the ancient novel. To broaden the perspective, it integrates not only papers dealing with the Greek and Roman novel as a literary genre in its own right, but also as a historical document involving aspects as diverse as history, archaeology, sociology and the history of law. The twenty-six contributions in this volume have been divided into thematic blocks, based on the different approaches that the authors have adopted to tackle the subject. The first block is about realia – the reality in which the fiction has been conceived. The second block focuses on the legal problems that can be deduced from the plots of the novels. The third block encompasses deals with the Greek and Roman novel from the point of view of classical philology, literary criticism and literary theory, with chapters dedicated to the tradition of the ancient novel, both in our most immediate cultural area (Middle Ages, Spanish Golden Age) and in other contexts, whether Indo-European (India, Persia) or of a different origin. The Reality of Women in the Universe of the Ancient Novel Editorial page Title page Copyright page Table of contents Preface Chapter 1 Frauen in Wirtschaft und Politik der griechisch-römischen Antike Literatur Chapter 2 Lo status giuridico della donna nel diritto romano della tarda Repubblica e del Principato (II secolo a.C. – inizi del III secolo d.C.) 1. Considerazioni introduttive 2. La donna come compagna di vita 3. La donna come figlia in potestà 4. La donna come madre 5. La donna e gli aspetti patrimoniali 6. Le donne e l’esercizio di attività economiche organizzate (negotiationes) 7. Le donne e le limitazioni di carattere processuale 8. Il quadro d’insieme Nota Chapter 3 Curare le donne nell’Egitto greco-romano Bibliografia Chapter 4 Realidad de la institución matrimonial en la ficción de las novelas grecolatinas Bibliografia Chapter 5 La expositio en Dafnis y Cloe Bibliografia Chapter 6 Consent in Greek and Roman marriage Bibliography Chapter 7 Legal reality or storytelling? Acknowledgements Bibliography Chapter 8 Warrior women 1. Introduction 2. Material aspects 3. The Samian Parthenope 4. The Pontic Calligone and her encounter with the Amazon Themisto 5. The Islanders Antheia and Thalassía 6. Literary models and realia 7. Conclusions Bibliography Chapter 9 Egyptian feminine anthroponyms in ancient Greek novels? 1. Egyptian masculine anthroponyms in ancient Greek novels 2. Egyptian feminine anthroponyms in ancient Greek novels? 2.1 The presumable name Ἁθυρεψε in the Dream of Nectanebo 2.2 Ἰσιάς Acknowledgements Bibliography Chapter 10 Narrative aspects of Callirhoe’s tomb Appendix Seneca’s Troades, Act 3 Jesus’ empty tomb Bibliography Chapter 11 The home life of a heroine Bibliography Chapter 12 Chloe as learning subject in Longus’ Daphnis and Chloe Teaching and training Chloe as learner Mimesis and the learning subject Conclusion Bibliography Chapter 13 Achilles Tatius’ Leucippe as a puella docta Bibliography Chapter 14 Le collane di Charicleia Gnorismata Gioielli come pericolo e salvezza La sposa bellissima, ma senza gioielli Gli ornamenti sacri Conclusione Bibliografia Chapter 15 The reality of women in ancient popular literature The Olympias of the Romance The Rodogoune of the Romance The Candace of the Romance Conclusions Bibliography Chapter 16 Kidnapping in the ancient novels Preamble Kidnapping and Peripeteia Kidnapping and identity formation Kidnapping and rites of passage Coda: Longus’ kidnapping-free novel Bibliography Chapter 17 Tarsia nel lupanare 1. Introduzione 2. Tarsia nel lupanare 3. Intermezzo 1 4. Intermezzo 2 5. Precedenti comici e romanzeschi 6. La sacerdos prostituta in Seneca. Ancora sulla credibilità del racconto 7. Le vergini cristiane 8. Conclusioni Bibliografia Chapter 18 Plotting Plotina? The reception of an empress in Roman provincial prose (fiction) Bibliography Chapter 19 Algunos aspectos de la mujer en la hagiografía bizantina Conclusiones Bibliografía Chapter 20 De opere illicito 1. Planteamiento y objetivos 2. Análisis comparativo LA, II §§ 58–75 / Met. X, 2–12 3. Unas breves reflexiones a modo de conclusión Bibliografía Chapter 21 Notes on women and the law in the novel Los amores de Clareo y Florisea by Alonso Núñez de Reinoso 1. Introduction 2. The Spanish Byzantine novel 3. Alonso Núñez de Reinoso and his novel Los amores de Clareo y Florisea 4. Women and the law in Los amores de Clareo y Florisea Bibliography Chapter 22 La ordalía en el judaísmo y Derecho rabínico I. Introducción II. Procedimientos jurídicos en el Próximo Oriente antiguo III. El ordenamiento jurídico en el pueblo judío: el caso de la ordalía bíblica Conclusión Bibliografía Chapter 23 Semejanzas y diferencias entre las heroínas de la novela griega antigua y en la tradición sánscrita del Ramayana 1. Características esenciales de la novela griega 2. Rasgos principales de Calírroe (Calírroe) y Sita (Ramayana) 2.1 Calírroe 2.2 Sita 3. Comparación de los personajes femeninos de ambas obras 3.1 La castidad 3.2 La nobleza (εὐγένεια) 3.3 La inexperiencia (ἀπειρία) 3.4 La confianza 3.5 El matrimonio frustrado 3.6 La ambigüedad moral 3.7 La divinización 4. Conclusiones Bibliografía Chapter 24 Queens, heroines and slaves Introduction Some female characters in the Dārābnāma Some female characters in the Iskandarnāma of Niẓāmī Ganjavī Apollonius and the sorcery of the dragon Zoroastrian girl21 Alexander at the court of Queen Nūshāba (Candace) Alexander in love Bibliography Chapter 25 “Parthian” women in Vīs and Rāmīn Bibliography Chapter 26 Configuración neurocognitiva del ideal amoroso y castidad en las protagonistas de la novela griega 1. Los rasgos de la novela griega atendidos cognitivamente 2. Las cualidades del concepto unidad en el amor 3. El papel de la castidad y la virginidad en el ideal amoroso 4. La novela griega, piedra angular de la tradición de la tragicomedia romántica Bibliografía Index locorum Abbreviations Contributors