The Assimilation of Athamas’ Myth to the Medea, Orpheus and Procne’s Myths
Keywords:
Athamas, Ino, Helle, Medea, Procne, Orpheus, assimilationAbstract
The myth of Athamas has very definite characteristics for each version into which the story can be divided. In three texts in particular (E., Med. 1282-1289; M.V. 3,15; Sch. Luc., DMar. 6,1 Rabe), this legend can be assimilated in a very concrete feature of three famous myths. Thus, Euripides speaks about Ino’s double filicide and he proposes it as exemplum of the murder of Jason’s wife (Medea); Helle fails to fulfil the condition the ram impose on her, i.e., not to look back, and by disobeying, she fell from the ram (Orpheus); finally, Ino offers Learchus as cooked meal to his father Athamas (Procne).
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