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| DC Field | Value | Language |
|---|---|---|
| dc.creator | Nagy, Gregory | - |
| dc.date | 2019-09-12T16:33:35Z | - |
| dc.date | 2019-05-03 | - |
| dc.date | 2019-09-12T16:33:35Z | - |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-04-11T10:55:45Z | - |
| dc.date.available | 2023-04-11T10:55:45Z | - |
| dc.identifier | Nagy, Gregory. 2019.05.03. "Can we think of Centaurs as a species?." Classical Inquiries. http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.eresource:Classical_Inquiries. | - |
| dc.identifier | http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:41361260 | - |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://lib.yhn.edu.vn/handle/YHN/377 | - |
| dc.description | Ιn three previous essays posted in Classical Inquiries, 2019.04.26, 2019.04.19 and 2019.03.22, I analyzed myths about Centaurs. Since they were pictured as half-man and half-horse, we could nowadays think of them as monsters. And, in terms of what we see in pre-classical and classical representations of Centaurs, such monsters were exclusively male, exhibiting the shaggy hormonal characteristics of exaggerated human maleness. Accordingly, Centaurs could hardly be viewed as a species of animals—or, let us say, of half-animals. In post-classical representations, however, as noted by Jan Bremmer (2012:26, 29) in the course of his detailed survey of relevant testimonia about such monsters, we start seeing female Centaurs as well. So, maybe Centaurs were eventually perceived as a species after all? Such a perception persists into modernity, culminating almost absurdly in the image of the “Centaurettes” featured in Walt Disney’s Fantasia (1940). A closer look at the theriomorphism or beastly form of the Centaurs, however, reveals that even in pre-classical times there existed representations of female monsters who were half-woman and half-horse. My favorite example is a Boeotian incised decoration, dated to the seventh century BCE, picturing Medusa the monstrous Gorgon as half-woman and half-horse. But is this female monster really a Centaur? In formulating an answer to this question, I will need to reassess my understanding of the relationship between myth and ritual in Greek traditions. | - |
| dc.description | The Classics | - |
| dc.description | Version of Record | - |
| dc.format | application/pdf | - |
| dc.language | en_US | - |
| dc.publisher | Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies | - |
| dc.relation | Classical Inquiries | - |
| dc.relation | https://classical-inquiries.chs.harvard.edu/can-we-think-of-centaurs-as-a-species/ | - |
| dc.relation | Classical Inquiries | - |
| dc.title | Can we think of Centaurs as a species? | - |
| dc.type | Journal Article | - |
| Appears in Collections | Tài liệu ngoại văn | |
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