Introduction au système de nomination des serpents en grec ancien

L'Ophionymedipsaset Ses Synonymes

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ID4636074
AuthorsLiliane Bodson (Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts, corresponding author)
Year2012
Volume47
Issue1
Pages73-155
Publication date2012-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAnthropozoologica (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0761-3032 • E-ISSN: 2107-0881
PublisherMuseum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.5252/az2012n1a3
OpenAlexW2106782077
LanguageFR
Citations received5
References cited38

Introduction to the ancient Greek system of snake naming: the ophionym dipsas and its synonymsMost — if not all — names of both indigenous and exotic snakes as evidenced in ancient Greek were neither of Indo-european origin nor borrowed from foreign languages. They were coined by the Greeks on the basis of criteria of three types. The first and predominant type referred to zoological data (from morphology to behaviour, bio-ecology or zoogeography), the second one to venomous symptoms, the third one to anthropological features. In this insight, all three are defined, the first two are surveyed with the case study of the ophionym dipsas and its synonyms. For its linguistic, herpetological and iological contents, this case provides a representative example for introducing to the ancient Greek system of snake naming

Annals · Biology · Ethnology · Geography · Greeks · Humanities · Sociology · Zoology · Ancient Near East History · Anthropology · Classics · Historical and Literary Studies · History · Philosophy

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