In:The Reality of Women in the Universe of the Ancient Novel
Edited by María Paz López Martínez, Carlos Sánchez-Moreno Ellart and Ana Belén Zaera García
[IVITRA Research in Linguistics and Literature 40] 2023
► pp. 206–229
Chapter 14Le collane di Charicleia
Gioielli e identità nel romanzo greco-romano
Published online: 1 December 2023
https://doi.org/10.1075/ivitra.40.14ber
https://doi.org/10.1075/ivitra.40.14ber
Abstract
In questo articolo si esamina il ruolo dei gioielli,
oggetti femminili par excellence, nei romanzi greco-romani.
Ci si chiederà chi sono i personaggi distinti dall’uso di gioielli e, in
conseguenza, quale sia il loro significato nella costruzione della loro
identità. Si analizzerà, inoltre, se è possibile identificare
archeologicamente le tipologie dei gioielli usati nelle narrative.
Keywords: Greek jewelry, Roman jewelry, gems, Greek women, Greek novel, Greco-Roman adornment, amulets, gnorismata
Article outline
- Gnorismata: I gioielli come segni di identità e identificazione
- Gioielli come pericolo e salvezza
- La sposa bellissima, ma senza gioielli
- Gli ornamenti sacri: Il pettorale d’oro con serpenti
- Conclusione
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