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Mapping as a Divine Privilege in Epic Poetry Mapping as a Divine Privilege in Epic Poetry
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First Prose and First Maps First Prose and First Maps
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Prometheus Bound: Mapping Zeus’ Bride Prometheus Bound: Mapping Zeus’ Bride
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Agamemnon: Mapping Tragic Revenge Agamemnon: Mapping Tragic Revenge
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11 Scandalous Maps in Aeschylean Tragedy
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Published:June 2017
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Abstract
In Homeric epic, describing a map of the world, like epic song itself, is a privilege granted by the divine Muses and figured in Hephaestus’ shield-making. In two examples from Aeschylean tragedy, a defiant hero appropriates the map-making prerogative of the gods established in Homeric epic. In each case, in a bid to restructure the existing order, the hero lays claim to the divine ability to map the space of the world without invoking the Muses. In Prometheus Bound, Prometheus’ gift of a map to mortal Io is not just an altruistic favour. It is also a part of his strategy for controlling and directing the future in a way that will ultimately lead to his own liberation. In Agamemnon, Clytemnestra uses Hephaestus’ fire to map space instantaneously. Her control of the god’s technology is aligned with her scandalous power over every other aspect of the action of the play.
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