This article focuses on the final episode of Euripides’ Hecabe. Looking at the transformation of the heroine, which is to be considered an original subject in the tragedian, we aim to explain the reasons for Euripides’ choice for such a dog-like characterization at the end of the play. In order to do so, one must define the ambiguous portrait of that animal, considering its positive and negative characteristics in the preserved literary texts. Furthermore, and by means of the grammatical analysis of the text, we suggest the possible influence of the metempsychosis theory. Finally, a comparison with Ovid’s Roman version of the myth helps to sustain the theory of the protagonist’s metempsychosis.... [Leer más...]