Pindar and Aeschylus’s Atharvaveda
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Pind. P. 4.213–219 exhibits the reflexes of a domestic love-charm, the agōgḗ (“a spell to lead [somebody] away”). The same applies for Aeschl. Pr. 647–82 (Io’s account of her metamorphosis). In both text passages, the love-charm is described by means of a set of images, namely, the ‘arrow (of desire)’, ‘burning (fire)’ and ‘whip/goad.’ While the very same associations can be found in one Atharvavedic Hymn (AVŚ 3.25), some characteristics of the love-charm occur in a more blurred form in an Eddic mythical episode.
Original language | English |
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Journal | Muenchener Studien zur Sprachwissenschaft |
Volume | 71 |
Issue number | 1 |
Pages (from-to) | 31–50 |
Number of pages | 20 |
ISSN | 0077-1910 |
Publication status | Published - 2017 |
Externally published | Yes |
- Faculty of Humanities - Greek, Pindar, Aeschylus, Supplices, Pythian 4, Atharvaveda, love-spell, Indo-European linguistics, phraseology, ritual
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