Ο ΗΡΑΚΛΗΣ, ΟΙ ΑΜΑΖΟΝΕΣ ΚΑΙ ΟΙ «ΤΡΑΓΑΝΙΣΤΕΣ ΒΟΥΚΙΤΣΕΣ». ΑΝΑΠΑΡΑΣΤΑΣΕΙΣ ΤΟΥ ΦΥΛΟΥ ΚΑΙ ΤΗΣ ΕΞΟΥΣΙΑΣ ΣΤΟ ΕΡΓΟ ΤΟΥ ΡΗΓΑ

Antonis Liakos, Hercules, Amazons and the delicious crumpets. Representationsof Gender and Power in the Writings of Rigas This paper explores the question why the well-known intellectual andpatriot Rigas Ferraios had used in his monumental Carta the image ofHercules fighting an Amazon. What were the sexual connotations ofthis representation in a map intended to represent the space of thenation? The central idea is that the representations of masculinity andnationality were tightly interconnected, and through this interconnectionboth were redefined.