, 1655. •
Prophet Joseph is an Iranian historical drama that tells the story of prophet Joseph. In this TV series, Jafar Dehghan plays the role of Potiphar. • In art, the subject is most commonly shown in the
Power of Women topos. • There is a Persian poem called
Yusuf and Zulaikha in
Jami's
Haft Awrang ("Seven thrones"). • In
The Divine Comedy,
Dante sees the shade of Potiphar's wife in the eighth circle of
Hell. She does not speak, but Dante is told by another spirit that, along with other
perjurers, she is condemned to suffer a burning
fever for all eternity. • In the 1987
John Sayles film
Matewan, a young minister boy preaches the story of Potiphar to his small town. • In
Andrew Lloyd Webber and
Tim Rice's musical
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Potiphar is a tycoon of ancient Egypt who made his wealth through buying shares in pyramids ("Potiphar had made a huge pile, owned a large percentage of the Nile"). His wife is a seductive
man-eater. Both feature in the song "Potiphar". • In
John Keats' poem, "On Fame", Keats calls Fame "Sister-in-law to jealous Potiphar". • In the film
Joseph, Potiphar (
Ben Kingsley) allows Joseph the opportunity to defend himself against his wife's accusations. Joseph proceeds to tell his life story from childhood to becoming a slave. Potiphar believes Joseph to be innocent, but has him imprisoned to save his reputation. When Joseph is made governor of Egypt, he and Potiphar share a moment of reconciliation before Joseph leaves to commence his work of preparing Egypt for the years of abundance and famine. • In the animated film
Joseph: King of Dreams, before having him jailed for allegedly assaulting his wife, Potiphar takes notice of Joseph's intelligence and makes him a chief slave in his household. He orders Joseph to be executed for the attempted rape of his wife; when she asks him to stop, Potiphar realizes Joseph was telling the truth of his innocence, has him jailed instead to save face, and shows significant disgust at his wife. Potiphar later brings Joseph to Pharaoh, who is plagued by inexplicable dreams, and expresses deep regret for having Joseph put in prison, but Joseph understands and forgives Potiphar. After Joseph interprets Pharaoh's dreams, Pharaoh asks Potiphar if he trusts Joseph, to which he responds that he trusts Joseph "with [his] life." Potiphar is also present when Joseph reunites with his brothers. • In
Joseph and his Brothers,
Thomas Mann suggests that Potiphar's wife is sexually frustrated partly because Potiphar is a
eunuch. • In Margaret Atwood's
The Testaments, the sequel to ''The Handmaid's Tale'', Potiphar's wife is referred to in Chapter 46 of the Ardua Hall Holograph storyline as narrated by Aunt Lydia. She mentions that Dr. Grove defended himself against attempted rape charges through the Potiphar vignette. • Czechoslovak author Valdemar Vinař wrote
La skandalo pro Jozefo, an original work of fiction in
Esperanto, relating the story from the viewpoints of five different witnesses. ==Gallery==