Greek, Tamil and Sanskrit: Comparison between the Myths of Prometheus, Sembian and Sibi

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 157-180
Author(s):  
D Pugazhendhi
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Study ◽  
Corporal Punishment ◽  
Greek Literature ◽  
Greek Myth ◽  
Thigh Bone ◽  
Literary Sources

The Prometheus myth in Greek literature deals primarily with the theft of fire. The mythological story unwinds such events as the sacrificial thigh bone, God’s corporal punishment, and the eating of flesh by an eagle. A link with the Oceanus race and with the continent of Asia is also seen. Interestingly resemblances with this myth can be seen in some ancient literary sources from Tamil and Sanskrit languages. The Tamil myth of ‘Sembian’ and the Sanskrit myth of ‘Sibi’ also have resemblances with the Greek myth of Prometheus. The parallels seen between these myths are examined here. Keywords: comparative study, Indian, myth, Prometheus, Sanskrit, Sembian, Sibi, Tamil

scholarly journals El fratricidio: antecedentes épicos y derivaciones trágicas de un tópico resemantizado en la figura del exilio edípico en Fenicias de Eurípides

Nova Tellus ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-70
Author(s):  
Bruno D. Alfonzo ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Study ◽  
Western Culture ◽  
Greek Literature ◽  
Modern Times ◽  
Greek Epic

The following work deals with fratricide as a topic in Western culture and its role in literature from the different approaches in modern times. The paper focuses on the delimitation of the topic within Greek literature through the evolution of Oedipus’ offspring’, from Archaic Greek epic to tragedy. Thus, it starts contrasting the mythical elements that both, epic and tragedy, display as a support of each story. My hypothesis is fratricide of Eteocles and Polynices becomes a punishment to Oedipus through his exile, and that its consummation is in Euripides’ Phoenissae, which I conclude through a comparative study of the sources.

scholarly journals GRAIKIŠKASIS FILOSOFIJOS MITAS

Problemos ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 73 ◽  
pp. 122-130
Author(s):  
Tomas Saulius
Keyword(s):  
Technical Aspect ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Greek Literature ◽  
Greek Philosophy ◽  
Practical Application ◽  
Greek Myth ◽  
Technical Point ◽  
Self Reflection ◽  
Main Assumption

Straipsnyje aptariama galimybė graikų filosofijos fenomeną analizuoti „netechniniu“ aspektu (ieškant alternatyvos tam, ką Heideggeris apibūdina kaip mąstymo „techninio“ interpretavimo aspektą); siūloma šį fenomeną traktuoti kaip diskursą, kurio reikšmė nepriklauso nuo praktinio taikymo sąlygų. „Netechniniu“ požiūriu graikų filosofija – tai idealaus tikslo siekis, galima sakyti, idėjos apskritai siekis, nesutampantis su jokiais kasdieniais interesais. Straipsnyje iškeliama hipotezė, jog graikų filosofijos savivokos ar refleksijos pradinės formos yra ne naujai atsiradusios, bet perimtos iš ankstesniosios literatūrinės tradicijos. Pagrindiniai žodžiai: teorija, praktika, diskursas, išmintis.The Greek Myth of PhilosophyTomas Saulius SummaryIn the article, the possibility of the “non-technical” interpretation of Greek philosophy is discussed (in other words, we try to find the point of view opposite to that which Heidegger describes as the “technical” aspect of the interpretation of thought). From the “non-technical” point of view, philosophy is conceived essentially as a discourse, and its meaning and value do not depend on the external circums tances of practical application. The main assumption is that Greek philosophy inherits its primordial forms of self-reflection from the previous tradition of Greek literature. It becomes obvious when the new ideal of philosopher (i.e. “wisdom seeker“) is analysed in the context of so-called “Greek wisdom“. Keywords: theory, practice, discourse, wisdom.mily: Calibri, sans-serif;"> 

scholarly journals From Grief to Superbia: the Myth of Niobe in Greek and Roman Funerary Art

2020 ◽  
Vol 56 ◽  
pp. 281-296
Author(s):  
Bar Leshem
Keyword(s):  
Visual Representations ◽  
Ancient Greece ◽  
Ancient World ◽  
Ancient Rome ◽  
Funerary Art ◽  
Greek Myth ◽  
Literary Sources

The Greek myth of Niobe was known in the ancient world both by literary sources and visual representations. Both in Ancient Greece and in Ancient Rome, the myth was represented, alongside a variety forms of art, in funerary art, but in a different manner during each period of time. In Ancient Greece, the myth was represented on Apulian and South Italian vases, portraying the finale scene of the myth: Niobe’s petrification. In Ancient Rome, a shift is visible: the portrayal of the scene of the killing of Niobe’s children on sarcophagi reliefs. The aim of this paper is to follow the iconography of each culture and to understand the reason for the shift in representation, while comparing the two main media forms.

Parents' Self-Reported Use of Corporal Punishment and Other Humiliating Upbringing Practices in Finland and Sweden - A Comparative Study

2017 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 289-304 ◽  
Author(s):  
Noora Ellonen ◽  
Steven Lucas ◽  
Ylva Tindberg ◽  
Staffan Janson
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Study ◽  
Corporal Punishment

The Family Point of View for Corporal Punishment in Turkey: A Comparative Study

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Burcu KÜÇÜK BİÇER ◽  
Hilal ÖZCEBE ◽  
Elif KÖSE ◽  
Osman KÖSE ◽  
Hande ÜNLÜ
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Study ◽  
Corporal Punishment ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
The Family

scholarly journals Sulla and the Invention of Roman Athens

Mnemosyne ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 71 (4) ◽  
pp. 616-639
Author(s):  
Inger N.I. Kuin
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Capital ◽  
Second Century ◽  
First Century ◽  
Greek Literature ◽  
Cultural Symbol ◽  
Greek Culture ◽  
Literary Sources ◽  
Diachronic Development ◽  
The City

AbstractIn 86 BC Sulla sacked Athens. The siege left deep marks in the cityscape and in the literary sources. This article traces a diachronic development in the ancient reception of the sack of Athens in Greek literature, from the first century BC through the second century AD. In earlier authors the siege is presented primarily in a military context, while in later authors the emphasis shifts onto Sulla’s destruction of cultural capital. His treatment of Athens comes to be understood as irrational and excessive. I argue that this latter depiction is an anchoring device that roots the new perception of the city during the Empire in the Republican past. In the first two centuries AD Athens increasingly came to be seen as the symbol of Greek culture. Plutarch and Pausanias react to this growing Athenocentrism by retrojecting an image of Athens as cultural symbol onto the first century BC.

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