تناقض التسلسل الزمني في روايات بعض الأساطير الإغريقية

نوع المستند : المقالة الأصلية

المؤلف

کلية الآداب، جامعة عين شمس

المستخلص

يتناول البحث فكرة التناقض الذي وقع فيه بعض الكُتَّاب ومدوني الأساطير من ناحية التسلسل الزمني في الروايات الأسطورية الإغريقية. ويركز البحث على بعض الروايات الأسطورية المتعلقة بالعصر البطولي، وبخاصةً أسطورة حرب طروادة؛ لأنها تحتوي على بعض الروايات التي تعد خير مثال على التناقض في التسلسل الزمني، بالإضافة إلى كونها أشهر الأساطير الإغريقية على الإطلاق. ويفترض الباحث شعور بعض مدوني الأساطير الإغريق بالتناقض الزمني في بعض الروايات الأسطورية في ثنايا كتاباتهم، ومن ثم محاولتهم دحض هذا التناقض بأساليب مختلفة سنتعرض لها في هذا البحث. وينقسم البحث إلى ثلاثة محاور رئيسة: التعريف بالتسلسل الزمني في الأساطير، وبعض الأمثلة على تناقض التسلسل الزمني في الأساطير الإغريقية، وأسباب وجود هذا التناقض الزمني في الأساطير ومحاولة تفسيره. وسوف يعتمد الباحث في هذا البحث على المنهجين التحليلي والمقارن.   

الكلمات الرئيسية


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    The researcher relied most of Greek and Latin texts on:

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    Apollod. Ep. = Apollodorus, Epitome.

    Apollon. Rhod. = Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica.

    Athen. = Athenaeus, Deipnosophistae.

    Bacchyl. Fr. = Bacchylides, Fragmenta.

    Callim. Hym. = Callimachus, Hymni.

    Clem., Rec. = Clemens Romanus, Recognitiones.

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    Dict. = Dictys Cretensis, Ephemeris belli Trojani.

    Diod. Sic. = Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica.

    Dur. Fr. = Duris, Fragmenta.

    Eur. Med. = Euripides, Medea.

    Eur. Rh. = Euripides, Rhesus.

    Hdt. = Herodotus, Historiae.     

    Hellanic., Fr. = Hellanicus, Fragmenta.

    Hes. Fr. = Hesiodus, Fragmenta. 

    Hes. Op. = Hesiodus, Opera et Dies.

    Hes. Th. = Hesiodus, Theogonia.

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