Eracle, le Amazzoni e i «bei bocconcini». Rappresentazioni del sesso e del potere nell’opera di Riga Fereos

Abstract

This paper explores the question why the well-known intellectual and patriot Rigas Ferraios had used in his monumental Carta the image of Hercules fighting an Amazon. What were the sexual connotations of this representation in a map intended to represent the space of the nation? The central idea is that the representations of masculinity and nationality were tightly interconnected, and through this interconnection both were redefined.

Keywords

• Amazons
• Hercules
• Riga Fereos
• sexuality
• turcocracy
• Amazzoni
• Ercole
• sessualità
• turcocrazia