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Byblis And Myrrha
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, two of Ovid’s impassioned, transgressive heroines, confess incestuous passions. Byblis yearns for her brother, Caunus, and Myrrha lusts for her father, Cinyras. Mandelbaum translates these tales effectively, but sometimes a different translation by Crane brings new meaning to an argument. As r ....
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....” (on-line). When Myrrha confesses her love for her father, she calls on the gods to “check [her] sacrilege” and “prevent [her] sinning” (Mandelbaum 339). In Crane’s translation, Myrrha labels her non-filial love a “crime” and refers to her desires as “forbidden hopes” (on-line). Her “evil adhor” compels her to stay and pursue this “lawless mating” (Mandelbaum 340). Since identify their passions as wrongs, they seem well aware of the situation at hand, not merely driven by mad passion. Thi.... |
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