Κέλμις ἐν σιδήρῳ

Authors

  • M.V. Shumilin The Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration Автор

Keywords:

myth, Idaean Dactyls, giants, dwarves, Telchines, hybrists, Textual Criticism, Ovid

Abstract

The paper is dedicated to a reexamination of reconstructions proposed for the Greco-Roman myth about a misdeed committed by the Idaean Dactyl Celmis for which he was metamorphosed into iron. I show that the version that Celmis doubted the divinity of Jupiter is not based on ancient sources. I discuss the relative merits of versions that Celmis was inhospitable towards Rhea and that he attempted to rape the goddess.

Published

2016-03-15

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 2 (2016)

Section

Articles