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Euripides and the suicide of Leda (Tiers Livre, LI)

  • Publication type: Journal article
  • Journal: L’Année rabelaisienne
    2020, n° 4
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  • Author: Cappellen (Raphaël)
  • Abstract: The mention of Leda in the list of people who have been hanged in chapter LI of Le Tiers Livre is not a mistake; it shows that Rabelais knew the fate of this character as it is revealed in Euripides’s Helen.
  • Pages: 401 to 406
  • Journal: The Year of Rabelais
  • CLIL theme: 4027 -- SCIENCES HUMAINES ET SOCIALES, LETTRES -- Lettres et Sciences du langage -- Lettres -- Etudes littéraires générales et thématiques
  • EAN: 9782406103431
  • ISBN: 978-2-406-10343-1
  • ISSN: 2554-9111
  • DOI: 10.15122/isbn.978-2-406-10343-1.p.0401
  • Publisher: Classiques Garnier
  • Online publication: 04-08-2020
  • Periodicity: Annual
  • Language: French
  • Keyword: Philology, Greek sources, ancient tragedy, mythology, Pantagruelion