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Roberto Morales-HarleyPublished On
2024-08-29Page Range
pp. 133–206Language
- English
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74 pages
4. The Ogre
“Nobody Seeks to Kill Me!”
Chapter of: The Embassy, the Ambush, and the Ogre: Greco-Roman Influence in Sanskrit Theater(pp. 133–206)
In Chapter 4, Odyssey 9, Euripides’ Cyclops, Mahābhārata 1, and (Ps.-)Bhāsa’s The Middle One allow for a comparison of the ogre motif. With twelve parallelisms (some of which had been previously noted by E. B. West), this comes across as the most compelling argument for influences and borrowings, even Roman ones, since Plautus seems to offer the greatest commonalities.
Contributors
Roberto Morales-Harley
(author)Associate Professor of Sanskrit and Head of the Department of Classical Philology at Universidad de Costa Rica
Roberto Morales-Harley holds a doctorate in Humanities from the University of Malaga, a master’s degrees in Languages of the Ancient World from the University of Murcia and in Classical Literature from the University of Costa Rica, as well as licenciate and bachelor’s degrees in Classical Philology from the University of Costa Rica. He has studied Sanskrit at the Universities of Costa Rica, Murcia, and the Australian National University. He is currently Associate Professor of Sanskrit and Head of the Department of Classical Philology at the University of Costa Rica.