Medea e Angitia: possibili intersezioni nella cultura latina

Name: Medea e Angitia: possibili intersezioni nella cultura latina
Brand: Vita e Pensiero
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Articolo

Rivista

AEVUM

Fascicolo

AEVUM - 2011 - 1

Titolo

Medea e Angitia: possibili intersezioni nella cultura latina

Autore

Maria Jennifer Falcone

Editore

Vita e Pensiero

Formato

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01-2011

Issn

0001-9593 (stampa) | 1827-787X (digitale)

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SUMMARY: Angitia, a goddess of the Marsi, venerated in a temple near the Fucine Lake and in neighbouring Italian lands, was invoked for her magic arts and as a healer against venemous snakes. The Marsi were in contact with Greek-Etruscan Campania, and imported Greek gods and myths from it, among them Medea, who was often depicted as a snake charmer. The Marsi soon connected Angitia with Medea, and they did so independently of the Romans and before the Social War. The Romans could have inherited the cult of Angitia and this connection as well. When Latin texts, mainly drama, describe and perform Medea, they appear to have melted not only Greek, Magno-Greek and Hellenistic, but also Italic elements.