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The Legacy Of Aphrodite: Anchises' Offspring In The 'Homeric Hymn To Aphrodite' [PDF]
, 2008 The Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite has traditionally been understood to pay honour to a family of Aineiadai who once held power in the Troad, but in more recent years some scholars have rejected this view. This article first revisits this controversial issue,
Faulkner, Andrew
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Qaryat al‐Fāw/Qaryatum dhāt Kāhilim: On the identity of the god Kahl
Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, Volume 35, Issue 1, Page 136-154, November 2024.Abstract Qaryatum dhāt Kāhilim (‘the City of [the god] Kahl’) is the Ancient South Arabian name of the modern site of Qaryat al‐Fāw. This compound refers to the tutelary deity of the city, in this case, a god called Kahl. However, the identity of this Kahl is obscure.
Juan de Lara
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Report zu Susanne Gödde "Recht ohne Gesetz?" / Report on Susanne Gödde's "Justice without Law?" [PDF]
Ancilla Iuris, 2015 Die Frage nach „Recht ohne Gesetz?“ ist die Frage nach dem Recht als Verfahren: die Frage danach, wie es zu verstehen ist (und wie es verstanden worden ist), dass das Recht – wie Susanne Gödde im Anschluss an Michael Gagarin und im Blick auf Hesiod ...
Christoph Menke
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Aristotle's tyche (τύχη) and contemporary debates about luck
Metaphilosophy, Volume 55, Issue 3, Page 401-414, July 2024.Abstract This paper proposes an interpretation of Aristotle's understanding of tyche (τύχη), a Greek term that can be alternatively translated as luck, fortune, or fate. The paper disentangles various threads of argument in the primary sources to argue for a realist understanding of what we moderns call “luck.” In short, it contends that Aristotle's ...
Louis Groarke
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Creativity in the Ancient Greek Philosophy: The Politics of Demiourgein
The Journal of Creative Behavior, Volume 58, Issue 2, Page 227-244, June 2024.ABSTRACT Where does creativity come from and what is its purpose? The paper revisits these ever‐turning questions to correct the prevalent but, arguably, inaccurate historical interpretation of creativity as a concept that emerged in modernity. First, I substantiate that a close study of the ancient Greek texts suggests that although creativity seems ...
Brokalaki Zafeirenia
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Rediscovering the celestial cuneiform puns that imparted the "Birth of Pegasus" myth [PDF]
Archaeoastronomy and Ancient Technologies, 2017 In a recent article the author has shown that Pegasus' appearance in Greek astronomy - as a Flying Horse severed at the navel - displays a one-to-one correlation with wordplay encrypted in its older, Mesopotamian title as the "Field". The current article
McHugh, J.
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Séparations composées dans la Théogonie
Gaia, 2023 Many commentators have already pointed out the presence, in Hesiod’s Theogony, of a recurrent motif in the myths of many cultures: the separation of heaven and earth.
Étienne Ménard
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... Going Further on down the Road.. [PDF]
, 2016 Praised for its reliance on observation rather than myth, the Milesian school signals the dawn of science in the West. Whereas Hesiod appeals to the long ago and far away to explain the here and now, Thales and his cohorts do the reverse.
Priou, Alex
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Data Over Dogma: A Brief Introduction to Experimental Philosophy of Religion
Philosophy Compass, Volume 19, Issue 6, June 2024.Abstract Experimental philosophy of religion is the project of taking the tools and resources of the human sciences—especially psychology and cognitive science—and bringing them to bear on issues within philosophy of religion toward explicit philosophical ends. This paper introduces readers to experimental philosophy of religion.
Ian M. Church
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