-
existing world. In Graeco-Roman scholarship, the
terms etiological myth and
aition (from the
Ancient Gr**** αἴτιον 'cause') are
occasionally used to describe...
- 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...
- Inc. 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- ****
Ehoiai fr. 259. G. Devereux, "The
abduction of
Hippodameia as '
Aition' of a Gr****
animal husbandry rite" SMSR 36 (1965), pp 3-25. Burkert, in...
-
earth along with her. The
scholiast presents this
narrative element as an
aition for the
ritual at the
Thesmophoria in
which piglets are
thrown into a sacrificial...
- see as just Kefalonia. The
capital city of
Cephalonia is Argostoli. An
aition explaining the name of
Cephallenia and
reinforcing its
cultural connections...
- to
carry as a consolation. It is
unclear whether Servius is
inventing an
aition, a
story to
explain why Silv**** was
depicted holding an
evergreen bough...
