Inventing origins? : aetiological thinking in Greek and Roman antiquity /

"Aetiologies seem to gratify the human desire to understand the origin of a phenomenon. However, as this book demonstrates, aetiologies do not exclusively explore origins. Rather, in inventing origin stories they authorise the present and try to shape the future. This book explores aetiology as...

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Corporate Author:	Inventing origins: the function of aetiology in antiquity (Conference)
Other Authors:	Klooster, Jacqueline (Editor), Wessels, Antje (Editor)
Format:	Conference Proceeding Book
Language:	English
Published:	Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2022]
Series:	Euhormos: Greco-Roman studies in anchoring innovation ; v. 2 Euhormos: Greco-Roman studies in anchoring innovation ; v. 2 Euhormos: Greco-Roman studies in anchoring innovation ; v. 2
Subjects:	Classical literature > History and criticism > Congresses > ^A2381066 Classical literature > History and criticism > Congresses Origin (Philosophy) in literature > Congresses Littérature ancienne > Histoire et critique > Congrès Origine (Philosophie) dans la littérature > Congrès Classical literature Origin (Philosophy) in literature Congress Actes de congrès Conference papers and proceedings Conference papers and proceedings > ^A3291746 Criticism, interpretation, etc Critiques littéraires Literary criticism Literary criticism > ^A3615708

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