Alexander, Agathoi Daimones, Argives and Armenians

Alexander, Agathoi Daimones, Argives and Armenians

Intriguing and complex traditions are preserved about Alexander and the agathos daimon house-snakes of Alexandria by Phylarchus, the Alexander Romance, ps.-Epiphanius and the Chronicon Paschale. These bear upon both a foundational myth and upon a related cultural practice. New light is shed on thes...

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Autores principales: Christian Djurslev, Daniel Ogden
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Publicado: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Ciències de l’Antiguitat i l’Edat Mitjana. 2018
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Alexander
Ptolemy I
Alexandria
Argives
Argos
Argeads
Ancient history
D51-90
Archaeology
CC1-960
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:76e58b49b81c4fd7a64b39dd8e8244b82021-12-02T13:15:15ZAlexander, Agathoi Daimones, Argives and Armenians2604-61992604-3521https://doaj.org/article/76e58b49b81c4fd7a64b39dd8e8244b82018-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://revistes.uab.cat/karanos/article/view/3https://doaj.org/toc/2604-6199https://doaj.org/toc/2604-3521 Intriguing and complex traditions are preserved about Alexander and the agathos daimon house-snakes of Alexandria by Phylarchus, the Alexander Romance, ps.-Epiphanius and the Chronicon Paschale. These bear upon both a foundational myth and upon a related cultural practice. New light is shed on these traditions by some striking comparative folkloric evidence gathered in Armenia at the end of the nineteenth century. In primis, the Armenians’ practice of addressing their friendly house snakes as ‘Armenians’ suggests that the Alexandrians’ practice of addressing their own friendly house snakes as ‘Argives’ entailed a notion that they were themselves, somehow, ‘Argive’ in origin, a notion that can be evidenced in several further ways. Christian DjurslevDaniel OgdenUniversitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Ciències de l’Antiguitat i l’Edat Mitjana.articleAlexanderPtolemy IAlexandriaArgivesArgosArgeadsAncient historyD51-90ArchaeologyCC1-960ELENESFRITKaranos, Vol 1 (2018)
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language EL
EN
ES
FR
IT
topic Alexander
Ptolemy I
Alexandria
Argives
Argos
Argeads
Ancient history
D51-90
Archaeology
CC1-960
spellingShingle Alexander
Ptolemy I
Alexandria
Argives
Argos
Argeads
Ancient history
D51-90
Archaeology
CC1-960
Christian Djurslev
Daniel Ogden
Alexander, Agathoi Daimones, Argives and Armenians
description Intriguing and complex traditions are preserved about Alexander and the agathos daimon house-snakes of Alexandria by Phylarchus, the Alexander Romance, ps.-Epiphanius and the Chronicon Paschale. These bear upon both a foundational myth and upon a related cultural practice. New light is shed on these traditions by some striking comparative folkloric evidence gathered in Armenia at the end of the nineteenth century. In primis, the Armenians’ practice of addressing their friendly house snakes as ‘Armenians’ suggests that the Alexandrians’ practice of addressing their own friendly house snakes as ‘Argives’ entailed a notion that they were themselves, somehow, ‘Argive’ in origin, a notion that can be evidenced in several further ways.
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Daniel Ogden
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title_short Alexander, Agathoi Daimones, Argives and Armenians
title_full Alexander, Agathoi Daimones, Argives and Armenians
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title_full_unstemmed Alexander, Agathoi Daimones, Argives and Armenians
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publisher Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Ciències de l’Antiguitat i l’Edat Mitjana.
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