‘La chiamiamo con entrambi i nomi’: eponimia ed eteronimia tra Nemesis e Adrasteia

Starting from a passage by Ammianus Marcellinus (XIV 11,25), which reveals an overlapping between Adrasteia and Nemesis, the contribution aims at examining the reasons that led the two goddess to be indicated one as the heteronym of the other. Taking into considerations the sources from fifth-centur...

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Main Author: Daniela Bonanno
Format: Article
Language:Italian
Published: Salvatore Sciascia Editore 2020-12-01
Series:Mythos
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/mythos/2753
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Summary:Starting from a passage by Ammianus Marcellinus (XIV 11,25), which reveals an overlapping between Adrasteia and Nemesis, the contribution aims at examining the reasons that led the two goddess to be indicated one as the heteronym of the other. Taking into considerations the sources from fifth-century up to paremiography and lexicography of the imperial age, a path is reconstructed that shows the many accidents and the variables to which the naming of the divine may be submitted, in the Greek world.
ISSN:1972-2516
2037-7746