Panthea: a verbal image

Authors

  • Melina Rodolpho Universidade de São Paulo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2358-3150.v19i1p110-122

Keywords:

ekphrasis, enargeia, physiognomony, portrait, ethos

Abstract

In this paper, we analyse the ekphrasis of character, since this kind is applied in physiognomical texts. It is necessary to understand the concept of physiognomony and how its theory contributes to the composition of portraits through the analysis of Philostratus’ ekphrasis II, 9, in Eikones; in this text, he depicts Panthea’s appearance through her known ethos. The treatise used to analyse the Panthea’s portrait here is De Physiognomonia Liber (IV d.C.), of unknown author.

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Published

2015-02-10

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