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    Las voces de Deyanira en Heroidas IX de Ovidio y Traquinias de Sófocles
    (2016-02-09) Blázquez Noya, Alba
    In this article we make a comparative analysis of the voice of Deianeira in Ovid's Heroides IX and its main intertext, Sophocles' Trachiniae. From this analysis it can be inferred that the two voices differ according to the character attributed to Deianeira in each work. Sophocles' Deianeira represses the jealousy and rage she feels at Iole's arrival at her house in order to be considered as a good wife. Ovid's Deianeira, nevertheless, does not repress them, and irony, fruit of her fury over being on the verge of losing her social condition of wife, invades her voice. We also see how a tone of lament and self-pity predominates in Sophocles' Deianeira, whereas her voice in Ovid undergoes changes in tone depending on the topic addressed: invective when she talks about Iole and a tone of ironic lament when she speaks of herself and her marriage.