Rivers, Horses, and Heroes: Comparative Considerations on Religion and Mythology in Ancient Venetia

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Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Rivers, Horses, and Heroes: Comparative Considerations on Religion and Mythology in Ancient Venetia

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

This paper offers a few ideas on the mythology of ancient Venetia, following Attilio Mastrocinque&apos;s seminal work on Venetic religion. Most Venetic cults are poorly attested, and Indo-European parallels are cautiously used as comparanda. The relevance of horses in ancient Venetia is discussed alongside the myth of Phaeton and its localization on the river Eridanus (modern Po). Ecological considerations indicate that the myth thematizes the curious combination of two essential elements, fire and water, which are also present in the myth of Aponus, the god of hot springs at Abano Terme/Montegrotto, famous for their curative properties in the ancient world. Aponus has a clear Indo-European parallel in the Vedic god Apām Napāt (&quot;Child of the Waters&quot;), who was said to be hiding in the waters, nourished by nymphs. Finally, the Greek hero Diomedes was worshipped at the mouth of the Timavus, where we find another pair of thermal springs adjacent to the cult of the river.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Rivers, Horses, and Heroes: Comparative Considerations on Religion and Mythology in Ancient Venetia

Popis výsledku anglicky

This paper offers a few ideas on the mythology of ancient Venetia, following Attilio Mastrocinque&apos;s seminal work on Venetic religion. Most Venetic cults are poorly attested, and Indo-European parallels are cautiously used as comparanda. The relevance of horses in ancient Venetia is discussed alongside the myth of Phaeton and its localization on the river Eridanus (modern Po). Ecological considerations indicate that the myth thematizes the curious combination of two essential elements, fire and water, which are also present in the myth of Aponus, the god of hot springs at Abano Terme/Montegrotto, famous for their curative properties in the ancient world. Aponus has a clear Indo-European parallel in the Vedic god Apām Napāt (&quot;Child of the Waters&quot;), who was said to be hiding in the waters, nourished by nymphs. Finally, the Greek hero Diomedes was worshipped at the mouth of the Timavus, where we find another pair of thermal springs adjacent to the cult of the river.

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C - Kapitola v odborné knize

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OECD FORD obor

60101 - History (history of science and technology to be 6.3, history of specific sciences to be under the respective headings)

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Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2025

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název knihy nebo sborníku

Herculi Musarum: Essays on Ancient History and Religion in Honour of Attilio Mastrocinque

ISBN

978-88-549-1669-2

Počet stran výsledku

11

Strana od-do

71-81

Počet stran knihy

432

Název nakladatele

Quasar

Místo vydání

Roma

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