Hecataeus and the Origin of Wine
A Note on F 15 Fowler
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10286476 |
|---|---|
| Authors | K Scarlett Kingsley (0009-0007-1251-8033, Agnes Scott College, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 75 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 239-251 |
| Publication date | 2021-01-28 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Mnemosyne (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0026-7074 • E-ISSN: 1568-525X |
| Publisher | Brill (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1163/1568525x-bja10060 |
| OpenAlex | W3127179955 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 17 |
Fragment 15 of Hecataeus’ Genealogies describes the origins of wine through a dog’s birth of the root of the grapevine. Scholars have interpreted this as Hecataeus’ toleration of the supernatural or as a case of rationalizing generatio in utero heterogeneo . This article reinterprets the role of the dog’s relationship to wine and argues that Hecataeus is exploiting a linguistic ambiguity to critique a traditional narrative on a celestial dog’s activity on the vintage
Ambiguity · Archaeology · Art · Linguistics · Literature · Narrative · Political science · Root (linguistics · Toleration · Vintage · Visual arts · Wine · Classical Antiquity Studies · Historical and Literary Studies · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies · History · Law · Philosophy
Myth, History, and Collective Identity
Die griechische Geschichtsschreibung
The Early Greek Prose-writing Tradition
Dogs, Vines, and the Invention of Wine (Hecataeus 1 F 15 FGrHist )
Ancient Greek Agriculture
Dionysos. Archetypal Image of Indestructible Life
Pline l'ancien, Histoire naturelle
Agonistic intertextuality
Early Ionian Historians
Structure and History in Greek Mythology and Ritual
Rationalizing Myth in Antiquity
The Strangeness of Gods
L'olivier
Structure and History in Greek Mythology and Ritual
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |