El juicio por el Ática: Cecrópidas, Thriai y el voto femenino en Atenas arcaica
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2024
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En estas páginas consideramos la posibilidad de que la intervención de las Cecrópidas con su voto femenino en el juicio de Atenea y Poseidón por la posesión del Ática sea de origen arcaico, del mismo modo que el discurso de la exclusión de las mujeres atenienses del voto político-judicial que se recoge en una fuente tardía. El mito de tres Cecrópidas que votan con piedras (psephoi) pudo estar conectado con las tres ninfas, Thriai, personificación de los guijarros mánticos de adivinación que se ligan a Apolo y Delfos, pero también a Hermes y a Atenea en el Ática y en la Acrópolis, lugar de adivinación en época arcaica. Precisamente el paso de dos a tres Cecrópidas pudo estar influenciado por la presencia de las tres hermanas inspiradoras de adivinación en la acrópolis, como puede inferirse de la obra de Hécale de Calímaco. Por otro lado, la extraordinaria extensión del voto judicial al demos en ese periodo, desde Solón, hizo conveniente y deseable la reflexión, en el mito, de la ausencia de sufragio femenino, en momentos en los que se amplía muy significativamente la votación a las clases bajas, pero no a las mujeres
In these pages, we consider the possibility that the intervention of the Cecropides with their female vote in the trial of Athena and Poseidon for the possession of Attica is of archaic origin, in the same way as the discourse of the exclusion of Athenian women from the political-judicial vote, which is recorded in a late source. The myth of the three Cecropides who vote with stones (psephoi) may have been connected with the three nymphs, Thriai, personifications of the mantic pebbles of divination, which are linked to Apollo and Delphi, but also to Hermes and Athena in Attica and on the Acropolis, the place of divination in Archaic times. Precisely the change from two to three Cecropides may have been influenced by the presence of the three divination-inspiring sisters on the Acropolis, as can be inferred from Callimachus’ Hecale. On the other hand, the extraordinary extension of the judicial vote to the demos in that period, from Solon onwards, made it convenient and desirable to reflect, in the myth, on the absence of women’s suffrage at a time when voting was very significantly extended to the lower classes but not to women.
In these pages, we consider the possibility that the intervention of the Cecropides with their female vote in the trial of Athena and Poseidon for the possession of Attica is of archaic origin, in the same way as the discourse of the exclusion of Athenian women from the political-judicial vote, which is recorded in a late source. The myth of the three Cecropides who vote with stones (psephoi) may have been connected with the three nymphs, Thriai, personifications of the mantic pebbles of divination, which are linked to Apollo and Delphi, but also to Hermes and Athena in Attica and on the Acropolis, the place of divination in Archaic times. Precisely the change from two to three Cecropides may have been influenced by the presence of the three divination-inspiring sisters on the Acropolis, as can be inferred from Callimachus’ Hecale. On the other hand, the extraordinary extension of the judicial vote to the demos in that period, from Solon onwards, made it convenient and desirable to reflect, in the myth, on the absence of women’s suffrage at a time when voting was very significantly extended to the lower classes but not to women.