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- Title
Sophocles' Wedding Cakes (Eris fr. 199).
- Authors
Coo, Lyndsay
- Abstract
This paper uncovers the connotations of the cakes (ἴτρια) mentioned in Sophocles fr. 199 and argues that they provide hitherto overlooked evidence to reinforce the thesis that Eris was a satyr play set at the wedding feast of Peleus and Thetis. The cakes are shown to be compatible with a wedding banquet setting, which is strongly indicative of satyr drama. Finally, it is suggested that Eris herself may have spoken the line.
- Subjects
SATYR plays; SOPHOCLES, ca. 497 B.C.-406 B.C.; WEDDING cakes; WEDDINGS in literature; GREEK drama; PELEUS (Greek mythology); THETIS (Greek mythology); ERIS (Greek deity)
- Publication
Mnemosyne, 2018, Vol 71, Issue 6, p938
- ISSN
0026-7074
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1163/1568525X-12342474