King Midas' Ass's Ears Revisited

M. Vassileva
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On several occasions the Phrygian King Midas was portrayed with donkey’s ears in Greek literature and art. There is no text that offers a plausible explanation of Midas’ strange appearance and later commentators provide many competing stories to account for his animal ears. A new interpretation can be offered on the grounds of a pre-Phrygian Anatolian tradition. The revised reading of the Luwian hieroglyphs on the so-called ‘Tarkondemos Seal’ reveals the donkey as an old Anatolian royal symbol. The Phrygians might possibly have adopted this kind of symbolism which later was lost or misunderstood. Greeks who provided their own interpretations of Midas’ ass’s ears only re-interpreted the original myth creating several aitia. Anatolian and Aegean Bronze Age survivals in Phrygian culture are being discussed as well.
迈达斯国王的驴耳朵重访
在希腊文学和艺术中,弗里吉亚国王迈达斯有几次被描绘成长着驴耳朵。没有任何文本对迈达斯奇怪的外表给出合理的解释,后来的评论员提供了许多相互矛盾的故事来解释他的动物耳朵。在弗里吉亚之前的安纳托利亚传统的基础上可以提供一种新的解释。对所谓的“塔孔德莫斯印章”上的卢维文象形文字的修订解读表明,驴是古老的安纳托利亚王室的象征。弗里吉亚人可能采用了这种后来被丢失或误解的象征。希腊人对迈达斯的驴耳朵给出了自己的解释,只是重新解释了最初的神话,创造了几个故事。在弗里吉亚文化中,安纳托利亚和爱琴海青铜时代的遗迹也在讨论之中。
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