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- Title
El último troyano: un nuevo Eneas.
- Authors
Sánchez Martínez, Cristina
- Abstract
This paper aims to analyze the comic book entitled The last Trojan, by V. Mangin and Th. Démarez as an example of the reception of Greek and Roman mythology in this medium. Based on Vergil 's Aeneid and Homer's Odyssey, its authors offer in it a retelling of the Aeneas' myth and the origins of Rome in a science-fiction atmosphere for a present-day audience. The analysis is centered on the variations of the myth that Mangin proposes and the consequences that this entails. The result is a choral myth starring Aeneas, Ulysses, Andromache, and Anchises, not to forget Creusa and Dido. There is no lack of gods and goddesses in the myth. From Mangin's hands emerges a new Aeneas, whose pietas has been diminished by different reasons, but who is a more sensitive man. This new retelling of the myth as a science fiction story deals with current problems such as drugs, social gender, or the role of women.
- Subjects
ROME; GREEK mythology; AENEID; VIRGIL, 70 B.C.-19 B.C.; COMIC books, strips, etc.; SCIENCE fiction; MYTH; ROMAN gods; CHORAL singing; GENDER
- Publication
Cuadernos de Filología Clásica: Estudios Latinos, 2020, Vol 40, Issue 1, p129
- ISSN
1131-9062
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5209/cfcl.71535