Le metamorfosi di Medea in Ovidio, Metamorphoses VII, e Draconzio, Romulea X

Abstract

This paper juxtaposes two poetic portraits of Medea by Ovid (Met. VII 7–424) and Dracontius (Rom. X). Unlike other works dedicated to this particular mythic figure, the two treatments do not focus on one individual episode of Medea’s life, being it either Medea amans in Colchis or Medea furens in Greece, but tell the story in a linear narrative. Therefore, what is emphasized in both texts is the complex, metamorphic nature of the protagonist.