Le donne del mito nei 'Dialoghi con Leucò': Pavese e le fonti greche

The article examines some Greek myths that have female characters as protagonists, through the mediation of Cesare Pavese, a classic of twentieth-century Italian literature. The research aims to highlight the writer's relationship with the Greek sources and to identify the mythical paradigms that embody his bitter vision of women and of the entire human existence.