L’Hermiona di Pacuvio e l’Ecuba di Euripide: un modello intertestuale trascurato

This paper argues that Eur. Hec. 355, a line spoken by Polyxena, was a model for fr. 130 Schierl from Pacuvius’ Hermiona. Pacuvius fr. 130 Schierl was probably delivered by Hermiona. Even though the mythical content of the two plays is very different, the allusion suggests that Pacuvius’ Hermiona was not the selfish and proud princess Hermione portrayed in Euripides’ Andromache, but akin to the more sympathetic Polyxena of Euripides’ Hecuba. The combination of different intertextual models is characteristic of Pacuvius’ tragic production in general; Pacuvius fr. 139 Schierl is an adaptation of Eur. Hec. 816–819