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MIFOLOGIYA
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Asopos had charge of at least two rivers. There was the one in Boeotia that watered Thebes, and this one, which ran through Corinth. HUBRIS fn1 Once he had married Niobe and taken her to Thebes, the city he helped found, Amphion added three strings to that lyre’s original four, so that, in honour of her birthplace in Asia Minor, he could play music in what is still called the Lydian mode. fn2 At this time, as in the subsequent Age of Heroes, there was always the possibility of humans attaining immortal rank. It was to happen to HERAKLES. In later civilizations Roman emperors could be deified, Roman Catholics sanctified and film actors catasterized in the Hollywood Walk of Fame. fn3 The rock is limestone, but the element niobium, very similar in composition and characteristics to tantalum, is named after the queen of tears. fn4 It is a pleasing coincidence that one of the chief uses of palladium, the element named in Pallas Athena’s honour, is in the manufacture of woodwind instruments. Or is it a coincidence? Hm …? fn5 Now, if you really cannot stomach the idea of such cruelty from an otherwise so admirable god, you might prefer another reading of the story. The Hungarian philologist and mythographer Károly Kerényi, one of the great pioneers of the study of Greek myth, pointed out that satyrs customarily dressed themselves in pelts of animal skin. He maintains that what Apollo actually did was confiscate the hide from Marsyas so that he had to go naked. That was all. The punishment was no greater than that. This is an amiable and convincing interpretation but not one that generations of artists ever believed. fn6 One version of the myth maintains it was a capricious and sulky Apollo who challenged the gifted Marsyas, not the other way around, making the fable more about divine jealousy than mortal hubris. Download 1.62 Mb. Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: |
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