In the Greek imaginary the concept of bed is associated with various institutions and especially with the feminine. In Euripides' Alcestis bed represents the place of exchange of material and symbolic values. The system of reversals of gender roles is materialized in the bed and allows both Alcestis and Admetus to transgress the traditional gender roles. Admetus has to recover his sovereignty and authority in oikos and in polis though ! Alcestis' bed, whereas with her death in bed Alcestis surpasses the traditional feminine role, obtaining kleos in poems and an inscription on her grave.

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URN:NBN:SI:DOC-W6DU48JF

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11661798

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12.07.2023

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Sunčič, Maja (2001). Simbolika postelje v Evripidovi Alkestidi. Keria (Ljubljana), volume 3, issue 1, str. 35-50. URN:NBN:SI:DOC-W6DU48JF from http://www.dlib.si

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Sunčič, Maja. "Simbolika postelje v Evripidovi Alkestidi." Keria (Ljubljana) volume 3. issue 1 (2001) str. 35-50.
<http://www.dlib.si/?URN=URN:NBN:SI:DOC-W6DU48JF>

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