Abstract
To understand the meaning and function of the ordinal numbers in the myth of the races it is essential to have a full grasp of how the myth is composed and its structure is supposed to be perceived by a listener or reader. There is a general silence among Hesiod scholars about the meaning and function of the ordinal numbers in the myth. A tacit agreement may be inferred from such a silence: the ordinal numbers are implicitly taken to merely express the chronological order of the races. In this article, I examine each and every one of the ordinal numbers that appear in Hesiod's myth. I demonstrate that the ordinal numbers preserve their hierarchical dimension even in the cases in which this appears to be less convincing.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 57-81 |
Number of pages | 25 |
Journal | Schole |
Volume | 14 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2020 |
Keywords
- Hesiod
- Myth of the races
- Ordinal numbers