Inventing origins? : : aetiological thinking in Greek and Roman antiquity / / edited by A.B. Wessels, J.J.H. Klooster.
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 a too...
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| Superior document: | Euhormos: Greco-Roman Studies in Anchoring Innovation |
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| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Euhormos: Greco-Roman Studies in Anchoring Innovation
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| Physical Description: | 1 electronic resource (228 p.) |
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