Médeia na prahu novověku – dvě případové studie
Medea on the Threshold of Modern Times – Two Case Studies

Summary/Abstract: 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 mentionedAncient 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 iametrically differs.

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