Le ali del sole: una kenning artistica in Aesch. Suppl. 212–21.
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Le ali del sole: una kenning artistica in Aesch. Suppl. 212–21. / Massetti, Laura.
In: AION: Annali dell'Università degli Studi di Napoli «L'Orientale», Vol. N.S. 5, 2016, p. 91–106.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Le ali del sole: una kenning artistica in Aesch. Suppl. 212–21.
AU - Massetti, Laura
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - In Aeschl. S. 212-3 the sun is called “bird of Zeus.” This unusual expression can be interpreted as an artistic kenning, a complicated metaphor which describes an object through a syntagm of type [X – YGEN.]. Two specific features are shared by both sun and eagle and, simultaneaously, distinguish them among birds and celestial beings, respectively. They are both considered ‘swift’ / ‘swift in flying’, cf. aietós ōkús en potanoĩs (Pind.), YAv. mərəγa … vaiiąm … āsišta and ōkéos ēelíoio (Mimn.), halíou pterúgi thoãi (Eur.), supakṣám āśúṃ patáyantam … sū́ryam (AV). They both ‘see things sharply’, cf. ēélios ... oksútaton ... eisoráasthai, aietós oksú láōn (Hom.), while the Sun-god has an ‘eagle eye’ in Vedic and Hittite texts, cf. páśyan gŕ̥dhrasya cákṣasā (RV), Hitt. ḫāranili šākuiškezzi.
AB - In Aeschl. S. 212-3 the sun is called “bird of Zeus.” This unusual expression can be interpreted as an artistic kenning, a complicated metaphor which describes an object through a syntagm of type [X – YGEN.]. Two specific features are shared by both sun and eagle and, simultaneaously, distinguish them among birds and celestial beings, respectively. They are both considered ‘swift’ / ‘swift in flying’, cf. aietós ōkús en potanoĩs (Pind.), YAv. mərəγa … vaiiąm … āsišta and ōkéos ēelíoio (Mimn.), halíou pterúgi thoãi (Eur.), supakṣám āśúṃ patáyantam … sū́ryam (AV). They both ‘see things sharply’, cf. ēélios ... oksútaton ... eisoráasthai, aietós oksú láōn (Hom.), while the Sun-god has an ‘eagle eye’ in Vedic and Hittite texts, cf. páśyan gŕ̥dhrasya cákṣasā (RV), Hitt. ḫāranili šākuiškezzi.
KW - Det Humanistiske Fakultet
KW - Greek
KW - Aeschylus
KW - kenning
KW - Supplices
KW - Sun
KW - iconography
M3 - Tidsskriftartikel
VL - N.S. 5
SP - 91
EP - 106
JO - AION: Annali dell'Università degli Studi di Napoli «L'Orientale»
JF - AION: Annali dell'Università degli Studi di Napoli «L'Orientale»
SN - 1128-7209
ER -
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