I personally encountered it when reading Apollonius of Rhodes' Argonautica, which is a Hellenistic work, but the internet is telling me the Greeks were shipping them all the way back to Simonides and Ibycus, who were Archaic poets. I have read little (Simonides) or none (Ibycus) of them, so cannot confirm.
(Have not read the Argonautica since college, but am still boggling at this ship all these many years later.)
Now, I'm not comparing MT to Medea, but it's the same "He was the MAN! She was the WOMAN!" logic for what makes a good marriage.
And no way would she put up with playing second fiddle to Patroklos!
Hahaha. Maybe they could make it work in some kind of "separate spheres" arrangement? I'm getting the urge to write this, but sigh, I cannot write these days, so I'll add it to my wishlist.
ETA: Meant to add, my current favorite power duo is you + me: librarian + reader! Zimmermann vs. Münchow is only the latest and greatest of our output. :D
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Re: power couples of the ancient world
(Have not read the Argonautica since college, but am still boggling at this ship all these many years later.)
Now, I'm not comparing MT to Medea, but it's the same "He was the MAN! She was the WOMAN!" logic for what makes a good marriage.
And no way would she put up with playing second fiddle to Patroklos!
Hahaha. Maybe they could make it work in some kind of "separate spheres" arrangement? I'm getting the urge to write this, but sigh, I cannot write these days, so I'll add it to my wishlist.
ETA: Meant to add, my current favorite power duo is you + me: librarian + reader! Zimmermann vs. Münchow is only the latest and greatest of our output. :D