Sean McGrath
Trinity College Dublin, Department of Classics, Graduate Student
- PhD student at the department of Classics, Trinity College Dublin. In my research I study the manner in which Oppian's Halieutica (2nd century Greek didactic epic poem) represents the ethical relationship between humans and animals, taking into account his interaction with the poetic tradition and contemporary philosophical discussions regarding the treat... morePhD student at the department of Classics, Trinity College Dublin. In my research I study the manner in which Oppian's Halieutica (2nd century Greek didactic epic poem) represents the ethical relationship between humans and animals, taking into account his interaction with the poetic tradition and contemporary philosophical discussions regarding the treatment of animals. My research is funded by the Irish Research Council Postgraduate Programme (2018-2022).edit
- Martine Cuypersedit
This article explores two episodes from Pseudo-Oppian’s Cynegetica which both feature domestic animals: the horse in 1.239-270 and the dog in 4.354-376. Both of these episodes are highly intertextual, alluding to, respectively, Sophocles’... more
This article explores two episodes from Pseudo-Oppian’s Cynegetica which both feature domestic animals: the horse in 1.239-270 and the dog in 4.354-376. Both of these episodes are highly intertextual, alluding to, respectively, Sophocles’ Oedipus Tyrannus and the abduction narratives from Moschus’ Europa and the Homeric Hymn to Demeter. I argue that the poet of the Cynegetica invites his readers to reflect on the potentially problematic nature of this power dynamic through sophisticated allusions to the poetic tradition, through which the relationship between man and animal is compared to that between the gods and humans.
