Olga Chernyakhovskaya
Biographic Data
| ID | 9502238 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Olga Chernyakhovskaya |
| GIVEN NAMES | Olga |
| FAMILY NAME | Chernyakhovskaya |
| SIGNATURE | CHERNYAKHOVSKAYA O |
| AFFILIATIONS | Institut für Klassische Philologie und Philosophie , Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg , An der Universität 5 , Bamberg Germany |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 1 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Why Humans Do Not Cast Off Old Skin Like Snakes. Knowledge and Eternal Youth in Nicander’s Theriaca
In Theriaca 343–358, Nicander recounts a rather unusual myth. After Prometheus had stolen fire, Zeus was seeking the thief and, when men delivered Prometheus over to him, he gave them the gift of youth. Humans entrusted the ass to carry this load, but the ass was seized by thirst and sought the help of the snake, who demanded in return the thing he was carrying on his back. This is how the gift of youth given to men fell to the serpent’s lot. Eve…
No prominent works on this page.
Why Humans Do Not Cast Off Old Skin Like Snakes. Knowledge and Eternal Youth in Nicander’s Theriaca
In Theriaca 343–358, Nicander recounts a rather unusual myth. After Prometheus had stolen fire, Zeus was seeking the thief and, when men delivered Prometheus over to him, he gave them the gift of youth. Humans entrusted the ass to carry this load, but the ass was seized by thirst and sought the help of the snake, who demanded in return the thing he was carrying on his back. This is how the gift of youth given to men fell to the serpent’s lot. Eve…
Aesthetics (1 work) · Ancient history (1 work) · Art (1 work) · Artificial Intelligence (1 work) · Artificial Intelligence (1 work) · Cartography (1 work) · Classical Antiquity Studies (1 work) · Computer Science (1 work) · Digression (1 work) · EPIC (1 work)