Series | Antiquity Studies
Edited book | Certissima signa
Chapter | Non-Eratosthenic Astral Myths in the Catasterisms
Non-Eratosthenic Astral Myths in the Catasterisms
Abstract
Two astral myths are studied in order to show that a catasterismic tradition ran parallel to the Eratosthenic one in Antiquity. Eratosthenes absorbed these interpretations into his mythographical handbook by cancelling those elements that contained a religious or a philosophical significance.
Submitted: Jan. 13, 2017 | Accepted: March 31, 2017 | Published Sept. 1, 2017 | Language: en
Keywords Astral Mythology • Pythagoreanism • Eratosthenes • Castasterism
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