Aetiology

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Iliad 9.270-272/ anchor comment on: Aeolian women in the Iliad, part 2

Gregory Nagy

The story that is being told here at I.09.128–131 and retold at I.09.270–272 centers on one single stunning event: Achilles captured the entire island of Lesbos. By implication, th ... Continue reading

Iliad 9.270–272

Gregory Nagy

The story that is being told here at I.09.270–272 and retold earlier at I.09.128–131 centers on one single stunning event: Achilles captured the entire island of Lesbos. By implica ... Continue reading

Odyssey 9.390-394

Gregory Nagy

... ter who stands for the brutalizing forces of nature, it becomes clear that such myths serve the purpose of providing an aetiology for the invention of technology (Burkert 1979:33–34) ... Continue reading

Odyssey 21.429-430

Gregory Nagy

... the winning of the ultimate contest in archery, is the third part of an epic mythological complex that functions as an aetiology for the post-epic ritual complex of celebrating the ... Continue reading