{"title":"Etymologizing the Cyclopes","authors":"A. Vergados","doi":"10.1093/oso/9780198807711.003.0003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198807711.003.0003","url":null,"abstract":"This chapter focuses on the first explicit etymology of the Theogony, that of the Cyclopes’ collective name. This etymology is treated in two steps: first, the chapter considers how this etymology fits in the context of the Theogony; thereafter it is examined against the background of the competing traditions regarding the Cyclopes. The ensuing analysis demonstrates that Hesiod not only claims authority for his account but also positions his version of the Cyclopes in relation to other traditions concerning these characters, reflected in the Odyssey, vase painting, and later accounts. At the same time, his choice and presentation of the monsters’ individual names can lay claim to correctness as they largely reproduce the formulaic expression through which Zeus’s weapons are referred to in the Theogony. The names are correct because they correspond with the (poetic) linguistic reality.","PeriodicalId":220239,"journal":{"name":"Hesiod's Verbal Craft","volume":"65 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-08-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132082062","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Hesiod and Early Mythography","authors":"A. Vergados","doi":"10.1093/oso/9780198807711.003.0010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198807711.003.0010","url":null,"abstract":"This chapter explores the ways in which early mythography resonates with Hesiodic. In doing this, it goes beyond the question of whether certain narratives in Hesiod’s poetry (esp. the myth of the five human races) can be viewed as proto-historical accounts, a question posed by earlier scholarship. Rather, the focus lies on the discursive strategies shared by Hesiod and some of the fragmentary early mythographers. These strategies indicate a similarity in approach between Hesiod and the mythographers that can be attributed to the similar (or indeed sometimes identical) material with which they work. It is argued that Hesiod can be considered an exponent of historie who is epistemologically conscious and that he is a thinker who for the first time, as far as we know, raises questions and engages with material in a way that resonates with the intellectual developments brought about by Hecataeus and his peers.","PeriodicalId":220239,"journal":{"name":"Hesiod's Verbal Craft","volume":"101 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-08-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132254146","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}