Inventing origins? aetiological thinking in Greek and Roman antiquity

Aetiologies seem to gratify the human desire to understand the origin of a phenomenon. However, as this book demonstrates, aetiologies do not exclusively explore origins. Rather, in inventing origin stories they authorise the present and try to shape the future. This book explores aetiology as a too...

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Autor Corporativo: Inventing origins: the function of aetiology in antiquity (Conference) (-)
Otros Autores: Wessels, Antje, editor (editor), Klooster, Jacqueline, editor
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Brill 2022
Colección:Euhormos: Greco-Roman Studies in Anchoring Innovation
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