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单词 Procnean
释义

Procnean

English

Etymology

Procne + -an

Adjective

Procnean (not comparable)

  1. (rare) Pertaining to or reminiscent of Procne.
    • 1985, Bowers, in Studies in iconography, volume 10, page 93:
      As in the twin engravings by Antonio Tempesta (Plates 3 and 4), of Tereus and Philomena, and the Procnean banquet, the follow-through from rape to death was a frequent Renaissance theme.
    • 2015, Mairéad McAuley. Reproducing Rome: Motherhood in Virgil, Ovid, Seneca, and Statius →ISBN:
      In making his Althaea post- and propter-Procnean, Ovid extends the same rhetoric of maternal revenge and the conflictual passions and identities associated with it, [...]
    • 2016, James Harmer, Renaissance Literature and Linguistic Creativity →ISBN:
      [...] in order to explore the links between thought and action, Cydippean mora and Procnean revenge.
    • (Can we date this quote?), The Shakespeare Association, Titus Andronicus: The State of Play:
      [...] in her nephew's copy of Ovid's Metamorphoses, citing Philomel's rape in order to initiate an accusation and recommend a course of Procnean retribution.
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