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- Aeolic and Aeolians
- Aeolic and Aeolians
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Aeolian and Aeolic
- Part II Aeolian Origins in Myth
- Part III Anatolian and Aeolian Myth and Cult
- 11 Asian Goddesses and Bees
- 12 Ephesian Artemis’ “Breasts” and the Hittite Kurša
- 13 Aia and Argonauts
- 14 Parnassian Divining Bee Nymphs and Lot-Divination
- 15 Honey and Theogonies: The West Face of Sipylus
- 16 Bee and Bird, Linear B Du-ma/Da-ma, Luvo-Hittite Dammara-, and Artemis/Artimis/Artamis
- 17 Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
15 - Honey and Theogonies: The West Face of Sipylus
from Part III - Anatolian and Aeolian Myth and Cult
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 November 2024
- Aeolic and Aeolians
- Aeolic and Aeolians
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Aeolian and Aeolic
- Part II Aeolian Origins in Myth
- Part III Anatolian and Aeolian Myth and Cult
- 11 Asian Goddesses and Bees
- 12 Ephesian Artemis’ “Breasts” and the Hittite Kurša
- 13 Aia and Argonauts
- 14 Parnassian Divining Bee Nymphs and Lot-Divination
- 15 Honey and Theogonies: The West Face of Sipylus
- 16 Bee and Bird, Linear B Du-ma/Da-ma, Luvo-Hittite Dammara-, and Artemis/Artimis/Artamis
- 17 Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
An examination of the Anatolian sources of Greek theogonic traditions, syncretistic myths that took shape in admixed Ur-Aeolian–Luvian communities in the Late Bronze Age, and descendent Aeolian assemblages of mythic and cult elements that persist into the Iron Age. Essential to many of these traditions is the presence of honey, especially honey having psychotropic properties of a sort that occurs naturally along the southern and eastern shores of the Black Sea.
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- Aeolic and AeoliansOrigins of an Ancient Greek Language and its Community of Speakers, pp. 450 - 481Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024