The Body in the Fragments of Nino’s Novel: an Interpretation in Political Terms

  • María Paz López Martínez University of Alicante
Keywords: Ninus, Semiramis, Greek literary papyri, ancient Greek novel, body, patriotism, paideía.

Abstract

The legend about the Assyrian kings Nino and Semiramis has arrived to us in sources from different periods and contexts. It has been transmitted in literary (manuscript, ostraca and papyrus tradition) and iconographic (inscriptions, reliefs, coins and mosaics) supports. In the case of the papyri of the lost Ninus’s novel, the way in which protagonist’s bodies are represented could obey ideological reasons.
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Published
2017-10-06
How to Cite
The Body in the Fragments of Nino’s Novel: an Interpretation in Political Terms (M. P. López Martínez, Trans.). (2017). Res Publica. Revista de Historia de Las Ideas Políticas, 20(3), 581-602. https://doi.org/10.5209/RPUB.57502