'Danaids and Dirces' in Clement's First Letter to the Corinthians

• Authors: Kozlowski J. M.
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

A metaphor used by Clement of Rome in his First Letter to the Corinthians (6, 2) has provoked much controversy among scholars. Christian women suffering outrages at the hands of pagans are presented there as 'Danaids and Dirces'. The present article undertakes to prove that these names do not allude to spectacles during which the women were killed, but rather to their conflicts with pagan husbands.

Keywords

EN

CLEMENT OF ROME; FIRST LETTER TO CORINTHIANS

Discipline

• PHILOLOGY_&_LINGUISTICS: PHILOLOGY & LINGUISTICS

• Publisher: Komitet Nauk o Kulturze Antycznej PAN
• Journal: Meander
• Year: 2005
• Volume: 60
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 415-427
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Kozlowski J. M.

• J. M. Kozlowski, Uniwersytet Warszawski, Instytut Filologii Klasycznej, ul. Krakowskie Przedmiescie 1, 00-927 Warszawa, Poland

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

07PLAAAA02915936