La Tetis que Júpiter rechazó: el cierre hesiódico de destronamientos en una écfrasis valeriana (Arg. I, 130-139) /
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: The cycle of alternations due to the dethronement of a previous deity who ruled the cosmos was stopped with the advent of Zeus/Jupiter thanks to his refusal to father offspring with the Nereid Thetis. Because of it, no one else would dispute the throne of heaven with him. In one of the paintings that adorn the ship of the Argonauts in Valerius Flaccus, the wedding of Thetis and Peleus is briefly described; this decoration has had two predominant interpretations: the conquest of the ocean and the anticipation of the marriage between Medea and Jason. However, in this paper a third interpretation is proposed: the closure of this cycle of divine dethronements. To achieve this aim, it is necessary to resort to Hesiod’s theogonic account, in which these alternations are narrated, and consider whether the ekphrasis in question communicates the definitive and indisputable supremacy of the ruling god.
Authors: Instituto de Investigaciones Filológicas (México), Juan Manuel Arriaga Benítez
Language: English
Topic: Classical Antiquity Studies
Subfield: Anthropology
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4411385351