Article ID: CBB049029914

Colori dell'eros nella Grecia antica (2020)

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This paper features a detailed investigation of some colour terms (poikìlos, chloròs, erythròs, pòrphyros and their compounds) which are examined in their semantic aspects and in their use by the Greek archaic lyric poets as well as by ancient physicians, particularly in erotic contexts. It emerges, according to previous studies by other scholars on this issue, that both lyric poetry and medicine contribute to an extension and upgrading of the traditional semantic and cultural range of these terms, often to the detriment of their chromatic traits. Specifically, the comparison between the poetic and medical, particularly Hippocratic, use of the colour terms considered shows some correspondences in representation and imagery of erotic experience: in the case of chloròs, love is represented as a disease which consumes the lovers, while the adjectives erythròs and pòrphyros express the blood agitation which makes the person in love blush, according to the topic of the fire of love. Poikìlos is used in poetic context to allude to the deceptive and seductive aspects of love, while in the medical language it refers to a theatrical show of technical skills, where no apparent connection with erotic motifs is present.

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Authors & Contributors
Cilione, Marco
Hoz, María Paz de
Fischer, Klaus-Dietrich
Cavarra, Berenice
Parroni, Eleonora
Baldin, Maurizio
Concepts
Medicine
Medicine and literature
Color
Roman Empire
Hippocratic medicine
Natural philosophy
Time Periods
Ancient
Medieval
2nd century
Renaissance
14th century
13th century
Places
Egypt
Hellenistic world
Mediterranean region
Alexandria (Egypt)
Greece
Europe
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