Midas, the Golden Age trope, and Hellenistic Kingship in Ovid’s Metamorphoses
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Resumo: | This article proposes a sustained politicized reading of the myth of Midas in Ovid’s Metamorphoses. It argues that Midas stands, first, as the embodiment of failed, Hellenistic kingship, with its ostentatious display of wealth and heralding of a new Golden Age, and, second, as a warning against the infectious “love of gold”, to which Roman politicians are far from immune. While the capture of Silenus and the golden touch episode link Midas with the tropes of Hellenistic kingship, his involvement in the competition between Pan and Apollo raises questions about the tropes of Roman imperial power itself. |
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Midas, the Golden Age trope, and Hellenistic Kingship in Ovid’s MetamorphosesOvid, MetamorphosesHellenistic kingshipThis article proposes a sustained politicized reading of the myth of Midas in Ovid’s Metamorphoses. It argues that Midas stands, first, as the embodiment of failed, Hellenistic kingship, with its ostentatious display of wealth and heralding of a new Golden Age, and, second, as a warning against the infectious “love of gold”, to which Roman politicians are far from immune. While the capture of Silenus and the golden touch episode link Midas with the tropes of Hellenistic kingship, his involvement in the competition between Pan and Apollo raises questions about the tropes of Roman imperial power itself.Repositório da Universidade de LisboaHadjittofi, Fotini2017-11-14T11:39:15Z2018-062018-06-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10451/29720engHadjittofi, F. ‘Midas, the Golden Age trope, and Hellenistic Kingship in Ovid’s Metamorphoses’, , American Journal of Philology 139 (2018) 277-309.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-11-08T16:21:55Zoai:repositorio.ul.pt:10451/29720Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T21:45:30.892281Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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Midas, the Golden Age trope, and Hellenistic Kingship in Ovid’s Metamorphoses |
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Midas, the Golden Age trope, and Hellenistic Kingship in Ovid’s Metamorphoses |
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Midas, the Golden Age trope, and Hellenistic Kingship in Ovid’s Metamorphoses |
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Midas, the Golden Age trope, and Hellenistic Kingship in Ovid’s Metamorphoses |
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Midas, the Golden Age trope, and Hellenistic Kingship in Ovid’s Metamorphoses |
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Hadjittofi, Fotini |
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Hadjittofi, Fotini |
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Repositório da Universidade de Lisboa |
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Hadjittofi, Fotini |
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Ovid, Metamorphoses Hellenistic kingship |
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Ovid, Metamorphoses Hellenistic kingship |
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This article proposes a sustained politicized reading of the myth of Midas in Ovid’s Metamorphoses. It argues that Midas stands, first, as the embodiment of failed, Hellenistic kingship, with its ostentatious display of wealth and heralding of a new Golden Age, and, second, as a warning against the infectious “love of gold”, to which Roman politicians are far from immune. While the capture of Silenus and the golden touch episode link Midas with the tropes of Hellenistic kingship, his involvement in the competition between Pan and Apollo raises questions about the tropes of Roman imperial power itself. |
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Hadjittofi, F. ‘Midas, the Golden Age trope, and Hellenistic Kingship in Ovid’s Metamorphoses’, , American Journal of Philology 139 (2018) 277-309. |
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