The classical reception of the hybrid minotaur

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dc.contributor.authorLohrasbe, Devon
dc.contributor.supervisorBurke, B.
dc.date.accessioned2018-08-29T16:20:52Z
dc.date.available2018-08-29T16:20:52Z
dc.date.copyright2018en_US
dc.date.issued2018-08-29
dc.degree.departmentDepartment of Greek and Roman Studiesen_US
dc.degree.levelMaster of Arts M.A.en_US
dc.description.abstractThis thesis offers an interpretation of the myth of Theseus and the Minotaur that accounts for its popularity in fifth century Athens. The myth of the Minotaur had particular political resonance in Classical Athens because of the Minotaur’s hybrid character and eastern connotations. In the wake of the Persian wars, Theseus came to embody Athenian democratic and anti-Barbarian ideals. His canonical opponent, the Minotaur, represented the enemy of the Athenian citizen: an eastern hybrid such as the Persian/Carian/Lycian groups of Anatolia and the east. By aligning the Minotaur with his Near Eastern origins, the story of Theseus sailing to confront the Minotaur can be viewed as the story of Greeks, specifically Athenians, facing what was for them, very real threats from the east. By integrating iconographical and mythological evidence for the myths of Theseus and placing the Minotaur myth within the wider historical and political context of fifth century Athens, this thesis shows that the hybrid Minotaur was a stand in for the Persians.en_US
dc.description.scholarlevelGraduateen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/9976
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.rightsAvailable to the World Wide Weben_US
dc.subjectclassical archaeologyen_US
dc.subjectclassical mythologyen_US
dc.subjectClassical Athensen_US
dc.subjectGreek mythologyen_US
dc.subjecthybridsen_US
dc.subjectclassical arten_US
dc.subjectGreeksen_US
dc.subjectPersiansen_US
dc.titleThe classical reception of the hybrid minotauren_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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