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LA MUJER EN LOS EPITAFIOS MÉTRICOS DE CRETA DE ÉPOCA HELENÍSTICA

1992, Fortunatae, 4

Abstract

The image reflected of the woman in the Cretan finerary epigrams of the Hellenistic period responds ro the concept of the ideal woman commonly accepted in the ancient Greek world. Moral, religious and family virtues, physical beau, and other aspects such as noble birth and fame, are all praiseworthy qualities in a woman. Mention should be mide, however, of the use of the epithet peyá,lauxos-«proud» , said of a married woman, by which the poet appears ro express a personal feeling of the deceased motivated by the illustrious family to which she belongs. On the other hand, it is worth pointing out the important role the mother plays in the fitneral rites, in which she generally assumes the grief caused by the bereavement of her offipring. 1.1. Los estudios sobre la mujer' en la Antigua Grecia han recibido en las últimas décadas, por no decir en los últimos arios, un notable y decisi-vo impulso que ha dado como resultado la publicación de numerosos tra-1 Queremos dejar constancia que el presente trabajo ha sido realizado gracias a una ayuda de investigación concedida por la Consejería de Educación del Gobierno de Cana-rias.