Ο ΗΡΑΚΛΗΣ, ΟΙ ΑΜΑΖΟΝΕΣ ΚΑΙ ΟΙ «ΤΡΑΓΑΝΙΣΤΕΣ ΒΟΥΚΙΤΣΕΣ». ΑΝΑΠΑΡΑΣΤΑΣΕΙΣ ΤΟΥ ΦΥΛΟΥ ΚΑΙ ΤΗΣ ΕΞΟΥΣΙΑΣ ΣΤΟ ΕΡΓΟ ΤΟΥ ΡΗΓΑ
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Antonis Liakos, Hercules, Amazons and the delicious crumpets. Representationsof Gender and Power in the Writings of Rigas
This paper explores the question why the well-known intellectual andpatriot Rigas Ferraios had used in his monumental Carta the image ofHercules fighting an Amazon. What were the sexual connotations ofthis representation in a map intended to represent the space of thenation? The central idea is that the representations of masculinity andnationality were tightly interconnected, and through this interconnectionboth were redefined.
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ΛΙΑΚΟΣ Α. (2001). Ο ΗΡΑΚΛΗΣ, ΟΙ ΑΜΑΖΟΝΕΣ ΚΑΙ ΟΙ «ΤΡΑΓΑΝΙΣΤΕΣ ΒΟΥΚΙΤΣΕΣ». ΑΝΑΠΑΡΑΣΤΑΣΕΙΣ ΤΟΥ ΦΥΛΟΥ ΚΑΙ ΤΗΣ ΕΞΟΥΣΙΑΣ ΣΤΟ ΕΡΓΟ ΤΟΥ ΡΗΓΑ. Mnimon, 23, 99–112. https://doi.org/10.12681/mnimon.708
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