The Staying Power of Thetis: Allusion, Interaction, and Reception from Homer to the 21st Century

Published by De Gruyter 2023

The Staying Power of Thetis

Allusion, Interaction, and Reception from Homer to the 21st Century

Edited by: Maciej Paprocki , Gary Patrick Vos and David John Wright

Volume 140 in the series Trends in Classics - Supplementary Volumes

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110678437

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About this book

In 1991, Laura Slatkin published The Power of Thetis: Allusion and Interpretation in the Iliad, in which she argued that Homer knowingly situated the storyworld of the Iliad against the backdrop of an older world of mythos by which the events in the Iliad are explained and given traction. Slatkin’s focus was on Achilles’ mother, Thetis: an ostensibly marginal and powerless goddess, Thetis nevertheless drives the plot of the Iliad, being allusively credited with the power to uphold or challenge the rule of Zeus. Now, almost thirty years after Slatkin’s publication, this timely volume re-examines depictions and receptions of this ambiguous goddess, in works ranging from archaic Greek poetry to twenty-first century cinema. Twenty authors build upon Slatkin’s readings to explore Thetis and multiple roles she played in Western literature, art, material culture, religion, and myth. Ever the shapeshifter, Thetis has been and continues to be reconceptualised: supporter or opponent of Zeus’ regime, model bride or unwilling victim of Peleus’ rape, good mother or child-murderess, figure of comedy or monstrous witch. Hers is an enduring power of transformation, resonating within art and literature.

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M. Paprocki, University of Wrocław, Poland; G. P. Vos, Univ. of Edinburgh, Scotland; D. Wright, Fordham Univ., US.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	V
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
List of Tables and Figures Publicly Available Download PDF	XI
Introduction: The Power of Thetis, 30 Years On Maciej Paprocki, Gary P. Vos and David J. Wright Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part I: The Powers of Thetis - Strife, Succession, and Cosmic Balance
The Power and Failures of Thetis in Early Poetic Traditions and Beyond Ettore Cingano Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	19
The Rape and Binding of Thetis in Its Mythological Context Maciej Paprocki Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	43
Divine Even If Not Olympian: The Mobility of Thetis in the Iliad Ariadne Konstantinou Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	75
Suggestions and Themes in Thetis’ rhesis in Euripides’ Andromache Daniela Milo Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	87
Thetis in Callimachus’ Hymn to Apollo: Dynasty and Succession Gary P. Vos Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	107
Secrets and Lies: The Power of Thetis in Roman Culture Peter Heslin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	147
Neque ... sine numine uincis: Thetis, Medusa and (Literary) Creation in Ovid’s Metamorphoses Simona Martorana Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	181
Part II: Thetis’ Family Matters
In the Bosom of the Goddess: Thetis and Dionysus in Il. 6.130–140 Laura Massetti Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	207
Motherhood and Shapeshifting in Depictions of Thetis Katharine Mawford Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	225
Forging Families with Thetis: “Tentacular Thinking” and Queer Kinship in Homer’s Iliad Hannah Silverblank Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	257
Mourning Mothers and Premature Deaths: Thetis’ Example in Greek Funerary Epigrams Serena Cannavale Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	277
Part III: Material Culture
‘A Dread and Revered Goddess’: Thetis and Other Gods in Attic Vases Diana Burton Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	299
Saviour Mermaids of the Ancient Mediterranean: Thetis and the Nereids as Patrons of Ancient Greek Mariners Amelia R. Brown and Nile de Jonge Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	315
Part IV: Reception – Thetis’ Aftermaths
The Wicked Witch of the West? Thetis’ Controversial Transformations in 14th- Century Middle English Vernacular Poetry Tine Scheijnen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	341
Reading Thetis in Tirso de Molina’s El Aquiles Julene Abad Del Vecchio Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	369
Thetis and the Shield of Achilles — Reading the Iliad with Auden Naoko Yamagata Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	395
Thetis of the Silver Screen: The Vengeful and Cosmic Goddess in Clash of the Titans David J. Wright Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	411
Sea Witches in Exile: Thetidean Figures in Disney’s The Little Mermaid (1989/2008) and Pirates of the Caribbean (2006/2007) Maciej Paprocki Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	429
Reception in Performance: Interview and Poetry Bettina Joy de Guzman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	471
Afterword to the Staying Power of Thetis Laura M. Slatkin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	485
List of Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	495
Index Locorum Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	501
Subject Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	519

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Scholars of Classics, Greek mythology, Ancient art, and Classical reception.
Pages
- Front matter: 12
- Main content: 524
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 1
- Tables: 8
Keywords: Thetis; Greek mythology; Classical reception

eBook

Published: April 27, 2023
ISBN: 9783110678437

Hardcover

Published: April 27, 2023
ISBN: 9783110678352