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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| Format: | Electronic Book Chapter |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2022
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| Series: | Euhormos: Greco-Roman Studies in Anchoring Innovation
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