Journal article
Nossis' Dildo: A Metapoetic Attack on Female Poetry in Herodas's Sixth Mime
Transactions of the American Philological Association (1974), Vol.150(2), pp.333-356
09/01/2020
DOI: 10.1353/apa.2020.0013
Abstract
Herodas's reference in Mime 6 to a stolen dildo in the possession of "Nossis, daughter of Erinna" (the names of two female poets) represents a metapoetic attack on the popularity of feminine poetry in the Hellenistic period. By associating the dildo-maker with Homer, who represents poetry's role in shaping the ideal male citizen of the Classical polis, Herodas uses Nossis' theft of the dildo to criticize the appropriation and misuse of the morally edifying masculine poetic tradition, in his view, for the purpose of female pleasure and gratification, exposing anxieties about the erosion of Classical masculinity in the Hellenistic period.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Nossis' Dildo: A Metapoetic Attack on Female Poetry in Herodas's Sixth Mime
- Creators
- Celsiana Warwick - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Transactions of the American Philological Association (1974), Vol.150(2), pp.333-356
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins Univ Press
- DOI
- 10.1353/apa.2020.0013
- ISSN
- 0360-5949
- eISSN
- 1533-0699
- Number of pages
- 24
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 09/01/2020
- Academic Unit
- Classics
- Record Identifier
- 9984397233702771
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