Papers by Menelaos Christopoulos
MENELAOS CHRISTOPOULOS TA PENTE FANTASMATA , 2024
ΜΥΘΙΣΤΟΡΗΜΑ Η δράση εκτυλίσσεται σε κάποιο νησί, σε ένα εγκαταλειμμένο σπίτι, κατά πολλούς, στοιχ... more ΜΥΘΙΣΤΟΡΗΜΑ Η δράση εκτυλίσσεται σε κάποιο νησί, σε ένα εγκαταλειμμένο σπίτι, κατά πολλούς, στοιχειωμένο. Μετά από ένα σεισμό, ο αφηγητής ακούει περίεργους θορύβους μέσα στο σπίτι και αποφασίζει να περάσει την επόμενη νύχτα εκεί. Εμφανίζεται τότε μπροστά του ένα φάντασμα που του διηγείται μια ιστορία. Την επόμενη νύχτα ένα άλλο φάντασμα του διηγείται μια άλλη ιστορία, συμπληρωματική της πρώτης. Το ίδιο συμβαίνει και τις επόμενες τρεις νύχτες. Ο αφηγητής ακούει έτσι πέντε ιστορίες που, αν και απλωμένες στο χρόνο, συνδέονται άμεσα μεταξύ τους, όχι μόνον γιατί όλα τα φαντάσματα ομολογούν το καθένα έναν ή περισσότερους φόνους αλλά και γιατί τα γεγονότα τα ίδια τις ενώνουν. Στο τέλος γίνεται φανερό ότι και ο ίδιος ο αφηγητής είναι ένα από τα πρόσωπα που αναφέρονται στις διηγήσεις των φαντασμάτων.
De Gruyter, 2017
“Time” and “Space” are core notions in understanding ancient world and its internal mechanisms; s... more “Time” and “Space” are core notions in understanding ancient world and its internal mechanisms; simultaneously, the concept of “chronotope”, the historical configuration of these two notions, has proved to be a fundamental tool in interpreting the stratification of ancient world. Within this catholic spectrum of academic debate, this volume assumes both a diachronic and a synchronic point of view and, accordingly, features twenty-one chapters that discuss several aspects of the multifarious notions of “time” and “space” in ancient Greek and Latin Myth, Religion, and Culture, from a wide range of thematic perspectives and through different literary genres.
"Dionysus' Katabasis and the Mysteries of Lerna", 2023
This paper examines Dionysus' descent to the Underworld and the rites related to this descent at... more This paper examines Dionysus' descent to the Underworld and the rites related to this descent at the Alkyonia lake of Lerna.
STRANGE INSTANCES OF TIME AND SPACE IN THE ODYSSEY, LANHAM 2023
De Gruyter eBooks, Oct 9, 2017
In Odyssey 21.11-41 Odysseus recounts that when he was ab oy he travelled to Ortilochus' house in... more In Odyssey 21.11-41 Odysseus recounts that when he was ab oy he travelled to Ortilochus' house in Pherai in Messenia¹ to recover some cattlet hat the Messenians had stolen from the Ithacans. There he met Iphitus, who was visiting Messenia for the same reason: he was looking for some mares and suspected thatthe Messenians had abducted them. τὼ δ᾿ἐ νΜ εσσήνῃ ξυμβλήτην ἀλλήλοιϊν 15 οἴκῳἐ νὈ ρτιλόχοιο δαΐφρονος. ἦ τοι Ὀδυσσεὺς ἦλθε μετὰ χρεῖος, τόῥ άο ἱπ ᾶ ςδ ῆ μος ὄφελλε μῆλα γὰρ ἐξ Ἰθάκης Μεσσήνιοι ἄνδρες ἄειραν νηυσὶ πολυκλήϊσι τριηκόσι᾿ἠ δ ὲνομῆας. τῶν ἕνεκ᾿ἐ ξεσίην πολλὴν ὁδὸν ἦλθεν Ὀδυσσεύς,2 0 παιδνὸς ἐών· πρὸ γὰρ ἧκε πατὴρ ἄλλοι τε γέροντες Ἴφιτος αὖθ᾿ἵ ππους διζήμενος, αἵ οἱὄ λοντο δώδεκα θήλειαι, ὑπὸ δ᾿ἡ μ ί ονοι ταλαεργοί. The twoo fthem came on one another in Messene, in the house of the war-minded Ortilochus.Odysseus had come after adebt that the whole people owed him, for the men of Messene had stolen three hundred sheep from Ithaca in their ships with manybenches,and the herders along with them. On their accountOdysseus had come along distanceonembassy while still ay outh, for his father and the other elders had sent him forth. Iphitus,f or his part,h ad come in searcho ft welvem ares that he had lost,with mules at the teat.² In Mycenaean times, Pheraiw as the capital of the so-called 'Pylos eastern province',(Chadwick 1961) and was in some ways ubjected to the greater kingdom of Pylos.
Time and Space in Ancient Myth, Religion and Culture, 2017
Christopoulos, Menelaos. "Historicizing Homer’s Myth in the Homeric Epigrams". Myth and History: Close Encounters, edited by Menelaos Christopoulos, Athina Papachrysostomou and Andreas P. Antonopoulos, Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter, 2022, pp. 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110780116-001, 2022
In this paper I will try to focus on some particular aspects of the Homeric Epigrams related to t... more In this paper I will try to focus on some particular aspects of the Homeric Epigrams related to the poetical persona of Homer. By reading the Epigrams one can easily see the care taken by the author of the pseudo-Herodotean Live of Homer (in which the Epigrams are included) to give a persuasive association
The Invention of the Lyre in Sophocles Ichneutai in Reconstructing Satyr Drama Berlin 2021
The Invention of the Lyre in Sophocle's Ichneutai, in Antonopoulos A., Christopoulos M., Harrison G. (eds), Reconstructing Satyr Drama, Berlin 2021, 2021
The Invention of the Lyre in Sophocle's Ichneutai, in Antonopoulos A., Christopoulos M., Harrison... more The Invention of the Lyre in Sophocle's Ichneutai, in Antonopoulos A., Christopoulos M., Harrison G. (eds), Reconstructing Satyr Drama, Berlin 2021.
The paper explores the construction of the lyre by Hermes in Sophocles' Ichneutai in relation to the construction of the lyre described in the Homeric Hymn to Hermes.
Sleeping With the Enemy Foreigh Female Captives in Ancient Greek Drama, in E. Gasti (ed.), Festschrift K. Synodinou, Ioannina , 2020
Menelaos Christopoulos Professor of Ancient Greek Literature University of Patras menchris@patrea... more Menelaos Christopoulos Professor of Ancient Greek Literature University of Patras [email protected] SLEEPING WITH THE ENEMY.FOREIGN FEMALE CAPTIVES IN ANCIENT GREEK DRAMA ΠΕΡΙΛΗΨΗ: Το άρθρο εξετάζει το θέμα της δορίληπτης ο-μόκλινης σε συνδυασμό με την έννοια της δουλείας, της με-τοικεσίας, της ικεσίας, του γάμου και του βιασμού που τέ-μνονται με ποικίλους τρόπους με την ιδιότητα της ομόκλινης αιχμάλωτης. Το άρθρο μελετάει τα δεδομένα αυτά σε σχέση με τις περιπτώσεις της Ανδρομάχης, της Ελένης, της Μήδειας και της Κασσάνδρας και επιχειρεί να συνθέσει μία τυπολογία στην οποία αποτυπώνονται οι ενδιαφέρουσες αποχρώσεις με τις οποίες εμφανίζεται το θέμα στα σωζόμενα δράματα των κλασικών χρόνων.
DHA, 2019
Les membres du comité de rédaction et du comité scientifique marqués d'un astérisque (*) composen... more Les membres du comité de rédaction et du comité scientifique marqués d'un astérisque (*) composent le comité de lecture. Dialogues d'histoire ancienne -Rédaction. 30-32 rue Mégevand. F -25030 BESANÇON-CEDEX Tél. +33 (0)3 81 66 54 61 -Courriel [email protected] http://ista.univ-fcomte.fr Les Dialogues d'Histoire Ancienne, fidèles à la ligne éditoriale fixée par la rédaction lors de leur création en 1974, sont une revue d'histoire ancienne généraliste qui s'efforce de proposer des approches méthodologiques diverses, d'inventorier des domaines nouveaux, d'offrir des vues neuves sur des espaces considérés trop longtemps comme périphériques, de proposer enfin un lieu d'expression et de débat à des spécialistes venus des horizons scientifiques les plus divers. Principes éditoriaux -Les articles proposés à la publication dans DHA ne doivent pas avoir été soumis à d'autres revues. -Les articles proposés seront évalués par les comités et s'ils sont acceptés, ils seront soumis à une double expertise par des spécialistes extérieurs aux instances de la revue. Les propositions d'articles au format word et pdf doivent être envoyées à : [email protected] Les recommandations aux auteurs sont consultables à l'adresse : http://ista.univ-fcomte.fr/index.php/pub-dha Pour vous abonner : [email protected] © nova mondo 03 80 68 25 02 4 5 / 1 2 0 1 9
Although the Odyssey is usuallyr ead and studied by well advised readers,who are perfectlyaware o... more Although the Odyssey is usuallyr ead and studied by well advised readers,who are perfectlyaware of the poet'smajor device to start the narrative in medias res, the structure of time and space throughout the poem oftenc onveys to the audience subtle and unexpecteda spects which speak in favour of this article'st itle. The purpose of this article is, therefore, to focus on some of these aspectswhich appear to be particularlys ignificant.¹ An important one seems to be what Iwill further call a 'corrupted nostos', an idea underlying or parallel to the general narrative of Odysseus' return. One remembers that four times in the Odyssey Odysseus returns to the same point from which he had departed. The first time occurs at the very beginning of Odysseus' return and is mentioned by Nestor when Telemachusv isitsP ylos (3.13 -166). The Pylian king tells Telemachus that aftert he sack of Troy,Odysseus initiallys ailed with Nestor from Troy up to Tenedos but then he returned back to Troy to join Agamemnon who had stayedt here to offer sacrifices to Athena. The second time is Odysseus' return to the island of Aeolus after Odysseus' companions thoughtlesslyopened the skin bag that Aeolus had offered to Odysseus (10.46 -76). The third time is Odysseus' return to the island of Circea fter having visited the Underworld on Circe'sa dvice (12.1-36). The fourth time is Odysseus' return to the strait of Skylla and Charybdis after the shipwreck of his ship due to the impious slaughter of Helios' cattleb yO dysseus ' companions (12.426-446).² Of these four returns,t he first (Tenedos-Troy) and the third (Underworld-Circe) are duet oO dysseus' owni ntentions and have no negative consequences for him nor is there anyd ifferentiation perceivedi nt he circumstances he had alreadye xperienced in his first contact with these places.B ut in the second and the fourth occasion (return to Aeolus' island and to the strait of Skylla and Charybdis respectively)t he situation is totallyd ifferent.The first time that Odysseus crosses the strait of Skylla and Charybdis he is on his boat,with his companions and the danger he encounters comes from Skylla. The second time Odysseus is One should mention herethe concept of belatedness,i.e.the fact that in several occasions in Odysseus' wanderingsand tales Odysseus is portrayedasabelated traveller; on this see Burgess 2012,2 69 -290. The same theme, in miniature, can also be detected in the return of Odysseus' ship to the Cyclops' shored ue to the rock thrownb yP olyphemus in Book 9.
Light and Darkness in Ancient Greek Myth and …, 2010
Gaia: revue interdisciplinaire sur la Grèce Archaïque, 2007
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Papers by Menelaos Christopoulos
The paper explores the construction of the lyre by Hermes in Sophocles' Ichneutai in relation to the construction of the lyre described in the Homeric Hymn to Hermes.