The Adjectives 'hosios' and 'anhosios' referring to Divinities in Euripides

Vicente Sánchez, Ana Cristina (Universidad de Zaragoza)

Resumen: The use of ὅσιος (“holy”) and ἀνόσιος (“unholy”)2 applied to divinities, which Euripides gives us three examples of, seems peculiar and is highly infrequent in archaic and classical literature. The first example is found in Alcestis (E. Alc. 10), where ὅσιος refers to Apollo who has been punished by Zeus and has to work in servitude to a mortal. It is Apollo himself who, in the prologue, says that his behaviour towards Admetus has been ὅσιος. Secondly, in Heraclidae, Alcmene considers that it is Zeus who should know whether his behaviour towards her is ὅσιος (E. Heracl. 719). Finally, Orestes claims that Apollo must be condemned and considered ἀνόσιος because of Clytemnestra’s murder (E. Or. 595-596)...

Idioma: Inglés

DOI: 10.1484/J.EUPHR.5.12529

Año: 2019

Publicado en: Euphrosyne 47 (2019), 273-278
ISSN: 0870-0133

Originalmente disponible en: Texto completo de la revista

Factor impacto SCIMAGO: 0.101 - Classics (Q3) - Linguistics and Language (Q4) - Language and Linguistics (Q4)

Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MINECO/FFI2016-75632-P

Tipo y forma: Artículo (Versión definitiva)

Área (Departamento): Área Filología Griega (Dpto. Ciencias de la Antigüed.)