Underwater immersion: Oppian, Halieutica 5.519-588 and how to empathize with fish
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https://doi.org/10.25145/j.fortunat.2024.39.01Keywords:
Oppian, Halieutica, dolphin, didactic epic, emotional commitmentAbstract
In Halieutica 5.519-588, Oppian of Cilicia explains the procedure of the capture of dolphins by Thracian fishermen, which concludes with the sacrifice of the female dolphin after the death of her calf. This procedure is also recounted by Elianus (1.17 = 1.18 Hercher), in a sequence whose similarity almost guarantees that he was drawing inspiration from the Cilician passage, or that both rely on a common source with the same account. The two authors offer a clear balance of perspectives, focusing their narratives at times on the fishermen and at times on the dolphin; it is evident, however, that the narrative strategy is very different in each. The aim of this paper is to show the resources that Oppian uses not only to arouse pity for the hunted dolphin and its sacrificed mother, but also to generate the immersion of the spectators in the story through identification with its victim.
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