RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
A1 Radová, Irena
T1 Medea on the Threshold of Modern Times - Two Case Studies
JF Historica Olomucensia
YR 2014
IS 88
SP 305
OP 313
UL https://historica.upol.cz/artkey/hol-201488-0018.php
AB Medea's story has been resonating in European literature primarily thanks to the popularity of the Ovid's epic and Seneca's dramatic work in all ages, nevertheless writings of early Humanists have not been the exception. The article deals with two different period attitudes towards the mentioned Ancient matter - Medea in works De claris mulieribus by Giovanni Boccaccio and Le Livre de la Cité des Dames by Christine de Pizan. Although works close in terms of time are concerned and Christine de Pizan is directly inspired by her Italian predecessor, their depicting of a Colchian princess diametrically differs.