Papers by Valentino Gargano
ince the publication of Vernant's seminal Oedipus without the Complex, 1 attempts to prevent psyc... more ince the publication of Vernant's seminal Oedipus without the Complex, 1 attempts to prevent psychoanalysis from infiltrating classical literature have been arising in classical scholarship. 2 In the case of Euripides' Bacchae, Gregory's article, one of the strongest retorts to psychoanalysis, protested against the interpretation of the Euripidean play as centered on Pentheus' psychological self. Gregory argued that the motif of seeing should not be trivialized in a search for Pentheus' voyeurism, but should be rather seen as the signal of the tragedian's concern with epistemology. 3 Gregory seems to share with Vernant both a structuralist approach to secularreligious polarity 4 and a disbelief that structuralism and psychoanalysis can be reconciled in the same text. Gregory's interpretative framework needs not be discarded altogether. Much more, however, should be said about Euripides' tragedy by embracing the advantages of both structuralist and psychoanalytic methodologies. It is Segal's great distinction to have demonstrated the perfect compatibility and reciprocal support of these two methodologies, 5 and I adopt
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Human and Non-human Animal Relationships in Antiquity, 2024
This New Classicists Animal-themed issue presents five selected papers read at the international ... more This New Classicists Animal-themed issue presents five selected papers read at the international conference Human and Non-Human Animals Relationships from Antiquity to the Modern Age held online in April 2023 and hosted by the University of Liverpool, UK. The conference was co-organised by me and a colleague based at the New University of Lisbon, Dr Alice Tavares, and is the result of our love for animals and curiosity about their history.
The five selected papers showcase animals’ ubiquity in ancient sources, such as different genres of literary texts, vases, mosaics, papyri and inscriptions, which span from the very beginning of Greek civilisation down to Rome’s Imperial period.
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Papers by Valentino Gargano
Talks by Valentino Gargano
Articles/Notes/Book Chapters by Valentino Gargano
The five selected papers showcase animals’ ubiquity in ancient sources, such as different genres of literary texts, vases, mosaics, papyri and inscriptions, which span from the very beginning of Greek civilisation down to Rome’s Imperial period.
The five selected papers showcase animals’ ubiquity in ancient sources, such as different genres of literary texts, vases, mosaics, papyri and inscriptions, which span from the very beginning of Greek civilisation down to Rome’s Imperial period.