Melissa a Clareta: sobre a compostura feminina
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https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2359-5388.i30p146-162Keywords:
women philosophers, pseudoepistolography, Pythagorean pseudepigraphy, feminine virtueAbstract
Melissa to Clareta is a letter of uncertain authorship commonly classified as Pythagorean pseudoepistolography, which dates between the 2nd century BCE and the 2nd century CE. In presenting its first translation from Greek into Portuguese, I intend to describe the feminine virtue advised by the author to free women: εὐκοσμία, which I translate as composure. Described as an embellishment for the husband, composure is achieved through quietness and a certain dress code, and its essence is good house management. Finally, I situate this letter in the context of other treatises of the Pythagorean pseudoepigraph written by women and show how it functions as a link between Antiquity and nascent Christian morality, expressed in the First Letter to Timothy by Paul of Tarsus.
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