Les origines mythiques des Pyrénées dans l’Antiquité gréco-latine
Ever since Antiquity two explanations of the origin of the name Pyrenees have been at variance: an etymological explanation in relation with the Greek name signifying « fire », and a mythological explanation harking back to the legend of the union of Hercules and Pyrene, the Celtiberian princess. Mo...
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| description | Ever since Antiquity two explanations of the origin of the name Pyrenees have been at variance: an etymological explanation in relation with the Greek name signifying « fire », and a mythological explanation harking back to the legend of the union of Hercules and Pyrene, the Celtiberian princess. Modern scholars have proposed an alternative to the etymological interpretation giving prominence to the Indo-European roots referring to such notions as mountain, rock or pass, none of which gaining unanimous consent. The mythic version known by the sole Silius Italicus has for its part been scantily exploited and scantily (or poorly) studied. We here intend to « autopsize » that legend in an attempt to reconstitute its imaginary genesis, before presenting a general hypothesis for the origin of the name of the Pyrenees combining etymology and mythology. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ce791110b76441c8bbf9b8c7aa5d520d2023-02-09T16:31:02ZfraPresses universitaires du MidiPallas0031-03872272-76392009-05-017933735510.4000/pallas.15350Les origines mythiques des Pyrénées dans l’Antiquité gréco-latineFrançois RipollEver since Antiquity two explanations of the origin of the name Pyrenees have been at variance: an etymological explanation in relation with the Greek name signifying « fire », and a mythological explanation harking back to the legend of the union of Hercules and Pyrene, the Celtiberian princess. Modern scholars have proposed an alternative to the etymological interpretation giving prominence to the Indo-European roots referring to such notions as mountain, rock or pass, none of which gaining unanimous consent. The mythic version known by the sole Silius Italicus has for its part been scantily exploited and scantily (or poorly) studied. We here intend to « autopsize » that legend in an attempt to reconstitute its imaginary genesis, before presenting a general hypothesis for the origin of the name of the Pyrenees combining etymology and mythology.http://journals.openedition.org/pallas/15350PyreneesHerculesPyreneSilius Italicustoponymyetiology |
| spellingShingle | François Ripoll Les origines mythiques des Pyrénées dans l’Antiquité gréco-latine Pallas Pyrenees Hercules Pyrene Silius Italicus toponymy etiology |
| title | Les origines mythiques des Pyrénées dans l’Antiquité gréco-latine |
| title_full | Les origines mythiques des Pyrénées dans l’Antiquité gréco-latine |
| title_fullStr | Les origines mythiques des Pyrénées dans l’Antiquité gréco-latine |
| title_full_unstemmed | Les origines mythiques des Pyrénées dans l’Antiquité gréco-latine |
| title_short | Les origines mythiques des Pyrénées dans l’Antiquité gréco-latine |
| title_sort | les origines mythiques des pyrenees dans l antiquite greco latine |
| topic | Pyrenees Hercules Pyrene Silius Italicus toponymy etiology |
| url | http://journals.openedition.org/pallas/15350 |
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