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Fuentes griegas en el Herbario de Pseudo-Apuleyo: la cura de la verbena contra la mordedura del perro rabioso
Get PDFThis paper analyzes the excerpt from the chapter on the herba uerbenaca of Pseudo-Apuleius’ Herbarius offering the cure against the bite of a rabid dog. This excerpt is collated with other Greek and Latin medical sources, while some important manuscripts of the Herbarius are reviewed. Thus, we have detected some additions to the apparently original initial section, which are related to Greek sources, namely Oribasius and Pseudo-Dioscorides’ writings on toxicology. We also obtain some conclusions on neglected readings which might be accepted, and on the presumable existence of ancient Latin translations from Greek medical texts which have not yet been attested.Este artículo analiza el fragmento del capítulo sobre la herba uerbenaca del Herbario de Pseudo-Apuleyo que ofrece el remedio contra la mordedura de un perro rabioso. Este fragmento es cotejado con otras fuentes médicas griegas y latinas, al tiempo que se revisan manuscritos importantes del Herbario. De este modo hemos detectado adiciones a la sección inicial, que parece ser original, relacionadas con determinadas fuentes griegas, concretamente Oribasio y los escritos toxicológicos de Pseudo-Dioscórides. También obtenemos algunas conclusiones sobre lecturas rechazadas que pueden ser aceptadas, y sobre la presumible existencia de traducciones latinas antiguas de textos médicos griegos que aún no se han atestiguado
El díkairon en la obra Indika de Ctesias de Cnido. Propuesta de identificación.
Get PDFThe exotic image we have always had from the East has influenced by the descriptions the people made, in the beliefs about their traditions and in their stories about fantastic beings. Stories that, although in some cases, are mere non-existent fables but in others, have a real base. We are going to examine their origin and the functionality of mysterious díkairon that it should go beyond the simple poison that we read of in the classic sources.La imagen exótica que siempre hemos tenido de Oriente ha influenciado en las descripciones que se hacían, en las creencias sobre sus costumbres y en las narraciones sobre seres fantásticos. Relatos que si bien en algunos casos no pasaban de meras fabulaciones en otros tenían una base real. Examinaremos cuál sería el origen y la funcionalidad del misterioso díkairon que iría más allá del simple veneno que se recoge en las fuentes clásicas
Las fuentes de Clem. Alex., Protr. II 12-22: un tratado sobre los misterios y una teogonía órfica
Get PDFThe accusations against Greek mysteries made by Clement of Alexandria in Protr. II 12-22 are a main source for our knowledge of ancient mystery cults, specially those of Dionysus and Demeter. The mistaken assumption that Clement knew them through his own experience has hitherto prevented a thorough study of his bookish sources: a treatise on mysteries which is itself based on an Orphic poem. This paper aims to establish the mythographical and ritual contents of the treatise and the poem; it fixes their approximate origin and date of composition; and it examines the relations of Clement’s text with other evidence from Hellenistic Age and Late Antiquity.Los ataques contra los misterios griegos que lanza Clemente de Alejandría en Protr. II 12-22 son una fuente principal de conocimiento de los cultos mistéricos, especialmente de Dioniso y Deméter. La idea errónea de que Clemente los conocía por propia experiencia ha impedido hasta ahora el estudio en profundidad de sus fuentes librescas: un tratado sobre los misterios que a su vez toma como base un poema órfico. Este estudio trata de establecer el contenido mitográfico y ritual del tratado y del poema; fija su origen y datación aproximados; e indaga las relaciones del texto clementino con otros testimonios helenísticos y tardoantiguos
Textkritisches zu den Epigrammen Meleagers (I)
Get PDFIn the present paper a number of questions of textual criticism concerning the epigrams of Meleager is raised. The commented edition of Gow and Page is constantly used as a starting point of the discussion.In dem Aufsatz wird eine Vielzahl textkritischer Einzelprobleme aus den Epigrammen Meleagers besprochen in beständiger Auseinandersetzung mit der kommentierten Ausgabe von Gow und Page
Sul sostrato tirrenico nell’area egeo-anatolica
Get PDFThe progress of studies on the Tyrrhenian substratum in the Mediterranean and the recent decipherment of the Kaminia stele and other epygraphical monuments from the Aegean area, all written in ‘tyrrhenic’, that is a language which appears to be a very archaic form of Etruscan, seems to lead to the conclusion that Herodotus’ theory of an oriental origin of the Etruscans has an undoubtedly sound basis in historical facts. Such facts come now to light chiefly due to the information we get from the texts of the Lemnos documents, of which the writer has offered translations in his recent publications, during the last six years. The historical consequences may be summarized as follows: a) the island was inhabited by Tyrrhenians in the 8th, 7th and 6th centuries, but probably already long before that, judging from the archaeological evidence; b) a Tyrrhenian substratum was present in the Anatolian-Aegean area already before the arrival of the first Indoeuropean tribes: Depending upon the acceptance of one or the other theory maintained by scholars in the field, this may mean anywhere between the 13th and the 3rd millennium Another relevant hypothesis is maintained by the eminent Spanish linguist, F. R. Adrados. On purely linguistic basis he judges tyrrhenic to be a very primitive anatolian indoeuropean language. Its formation is attributed to such a remote antiquity, much older than the first nesic texts, to justify its many discrepancies respect to these texts. The second part of this work is dedicated to the ethnic of the Pelasgians, with the conclusion that they were a people distinct from the Tyrrhenians, probably belonging to the indo-european family of languages, but in the course of time largely amalgamated with them, to a point to form a koiné which appeared to strangers as expression of a unique population.Il progresso nelle ricerche sul sostrato tirrenico nel Mediterraneo e la recente decifrazione della stele di Kaminia e di altre iscrizioni dell’area egea, tutte scritte in ‘tirrenico’, cioè in una lingua che appare una forma arcaica dell’ Etrusco, porta alla conclusione che la teoria di Erodoto di una origine orientale degli Etruschi si fonda indubbiamente su concrete basi storiche. Queste basi acquistano ora nuova luce principalmente a seguito delle informazioni che abbiamo acquisito dai testi dei documenti di Lemno, di cui l’autore ha offerto la trascrizione e la traduzione nelle sue pubblicazioni degli ultimi sei anni. Le conseguenze storiche possono essere così riassunte: a) l’isola di Lemno era abitata dai Tirreni nei secoli ottavo, settimo e sesto, ma probabilmente già molto prima, a giudicare dalle testimonianze archeologiche; b) un sostrato tirrenico era presente nell’area Anatolico-Egea già prima dell’arrivo delle prime tribù indeuropee. A seconda dell’ accettazione dell’una o dell’altra teoria da parte dei ricercatori del settore, questo può voler dire in ogni caso tra il tredicesimo e il terzo millennio. Un’altra ipotesi rilevante è sostenuta dall’eminente linguista spagnolo F. R. Adrados: su una base puramente linguistica egli ritiene il Tirrenico una vera e propria lingua indo-anatolica. La formazione di questa lingua è fatta risalire ad un’epoca remota al punto da essere più antica dei primi testi nesici, giustificando così le molte discrepanze rispetto appunto a questi testi. La seconda parte di questo lavoro è dedicata alla etnia dei Pelasgi e conclude che essi erano un popolo distinto dai Tirreni, la cui lingua apparteneva alla famiglia delle lingue indeuropee, ma che nel corso del tempo si era largamente integrato con i Tirreni al punto da formare una koiné che apparve agli stranieri come l’espressione di un unico popolo
