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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Drugi avtorji: Wessels, A.B (Editor), Klooster, J.J.H (Editor)
Format: Elektronski Book Chapter
Jezik:angleščina
Izdano: Brill 2022
Serija:Euhormos: Greco-Roman Studies in Anchoring Innovation 2
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