Companheiras, cortesãs ou cativas? Traduzindo as mulheres da Anábase, de Xenofonte
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https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2359-5388.i30p125-145Keywords:
Xenophon, Anabasis, women, hetairai, warAbstract
In this article, I discuss some problems that I encountered during the translation process of Xenophon’s (c. 430-354 BC) Anabasis, in passages that feature female characters. Certain choices could accentuate a stereotypical view of women in Antiquity, something that Xenophon, in particular, seems to have sought to avoid. However, the greatest difficulty concerns how to refer collectively, in Portuguese, to the women who, at first under coercion, accompany the retreating Greek troops after the Battle of Cunaxa.
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