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This study explores representations of silence and muteness in Greek myth and tragedy through a range of female figures, viewing them as symbolic tools that reveal the complex relationship between gender and power.
The research is grounded in a critical hypothesis: that the voice of the woman in classical texts—especially in myth—is often constrained, silenced, or cursed, reflecting the patriarchal structures that reshape women’s roles in ancient society.
The study sheds light on literary analyses of female characters in myth, such as Echo (Ἠχώ), Philomela (Φιλομήλα), and Cassandra (Κασσάνδρα), alongside figures from Euripides’ tragedies, including Andromache (Ἀνδρομάχη), Iphigenia (Ἰφιγένεια), and Polyxena (Πολυξένη).
The research traces the transformations of the female voice from the mythological realm to tragic theatre, revealing how silence is reappropriated—not as a sign of submission, but as a resistant dramatic device loaded with symbolic and ethical significance.
Through close textual and critical analysis, the study examines how silence becomes an alternative mode of expression that challenges dominant masculine discourse and opens a path toward a renewed understanding of the symbolic rhetoric of feminine silence within classical texts.
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