Vol. 19 No. 1-2 (1993): XIX - 1993, Fascicolo 2-3
Articoli

Ermione o l’epifania del femminino: Omero e Giovanni Crisostomo

Published 2015-09-14

Keywords

  • John Chrysostom,
  • Theodore,
  • Hermione

Abstract

In his Ad Theodorum, John Chrysostom refers to the pretty woman who stole young Theodore’s heart with the fictitious name of Hermione, thus alluding
to the mythical daughter of Menelaus in the Homeric Odyssey (4.12-13).