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- the terms founding myth or etiological myth (from Ancient Gr****: αἴτιον aition 'cause') are occasionally used to describe a myth that clarifies an origin...
- name or even specified gender, in the second, he's referred to as "Mr. Aition", and in the third, "James". It's revealed in the concluding fourth episode...
- same source confirms the details. In a separate episode that is simply an aition explaining the name of Cephallenia and reinforcing its cultural connections...
- born. The story of Callisto and Arcas, like that of the Pleiades, is an aition for a stellar formation, the constellations Ursa Major and Ursa Minor, the...
- Education. 2006. p. 731. ISBN 0-321-33394-2. Fowler, "The myth of Kephalos as aition of rain-magic (Pherekydes FrGHist 3F34)", Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und...
- Causes of Plants," (Ancient Gr****: Περὶ αἰτιῶν φυτικῶν, romanized: Peri aitiōn phytikōn) Theophrastus established the foundations of botanical science...
- see as just Kefalonia. The capital city of Cephalonia is Argostoli. An aition explaining the name of Cephallenia and reinforcing its cultural connections...
- Thebes. The Seven founded the Nemean Games in his memory, according to its aition, or founding myth, accounting for the crown of victory being made of parsley...
- Aitia of Callimachus begins with a tale of the Argonauts, and his final aition is in Alexandria, so that Argonautica's progression from Iolcus to Anaphe...
- this right being p****ed on to his descendants. This late origin myth or aition justified and validated the descent of the hereditary priesthood of the...