Oreste tra mito e tradizione (nel continente greco)

Abstract

This PhD thesis is a collection and analysis of all mythical and cultual traditions about Orestes in the Greek world, which are alternatives to Attic versions, i.e. staged at the theatre in the fifth century. B. C. and related to the Delphic purification and the process at the Areopagus in Athens (e.g. Aeschylus). The main objective is a contextual study of each tradition, both in relation to the community that preserves it and to a possible origin and evolution over time. The study is conducted by integrating the tools of philological, anthropological and historical-religious research, by drawing, where possible, also the iconography. [edited by Author]