SexViolHist Bib: Representations: Literary Texts: Callimachus

»Callimachus (/kəˈlɪməkəs/; Ancient Greek: Καλλίμαχος, romanized: Kallimachos; c. 310 – c. 240 BC) was an ancient Greek poet, scholar, and librarian who was active in Alexandria during the 3rd century BC. A representative of Ancient Greek literature of the Hellenistic period, he wrote over 800 literary works, most of which do not survive, in a wide variety of genres. He espoused an aesthetic philosophy, known as Callimacheanism, which exerted a strong influence on the poets of the Roman Empire and, through them, on all subsequent Western literature.« (Extract from Wikipedia)

K e y w o r d s

I. Chronological Index: Ancient History: Ancient Greece

II. Geographical Index: European History: Greek History

III. Topical Index: Cases: Mythological Offenders: Ajax the Lesser; Mythological Victims: Cassandra | Types: General: Rape

B i b l i o g r a p h y

I. Author Index

[Info] Ciampa, Silvana. »Lo sguardo di Atena e la violenza di Aiace su Cassandra: Da Alceo ai poeti tradoantichi.« La Parola del Passato 67 (2012): 198-215.

II. Speaker Index

Acontius and Cydippe

I n f o r m a t i o n

»In Greek mythology, Acontius (Ancient Greek: Ἀκόντιος) was a beautiful youth of the island of Ceos, the hero of a love story told by Callimachus in a poem of which only fragments remain, and which forms the subject of two of Ovid's Heroides. During the festival of Artemis at Delos, Acontius saw Cydippe, a well-born Athenian maiden of whom he was enamoured, sitting in the temple of Artemis. He wrote on an apple the words, "I swear by Artemis that I will marry Acontius", and threw it at her feet. She picked it up, and mechanically read the words aloud, which amounted to a solemn undertaking to carry them out. Unaware of this, she treated Acontius with contempt; but, although she was betrothed more than once, she always fell ill before the wedding took place. The Delphic Oracle at last declared the cause of her illnesses to be the wrath of the offended goddess; whereupon her father consented to her marriage with Acontius. Antoninus Liberalis tells the story with different names«. (Extract from: Wikipedia)

K e y w o r d s

I. Chronological Index: Ancient History: Ancient Greece

II. Geographical Index: European History: Greek History

III. Topical Index: Cases: Mythological Offenders: Ajax the Lesser | Mythological Victims: Cassandra | Types: General: Rape

B i b l i o g r a p h y

I. Author Index

II. Speaker Index

[Info] McPhee, Brian. »Rape Apologetics and Normalization in Callimachus' Acontius and Cydippe (frr.67-75 Pf.).« Ancient Rape Cultures: Greek, Roman, Jewish, Christian: International Conference Rome 2022.