Sportive myths are treated sportively, as in the story of Briefly, Zeus and Mnemosyne ( = Memory) gave birth to the Muses (the 9 protectors of Knowledge) -the relation is more than obvious. ‘Hermes the cave man’ performs a ritual to honour the gods, while himself is a…god, too. English: began to seek the art of fire. Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account. He threw them both panting upon their backs on the ground, and rolled them on their sides, bending their necks over, and pierced their vital chord. NovoScriptorium: The cave of Hermes is named ‘μέγας δόμος’ ( = great dwelling, building). lyre seven strings (as Mercury does in the poem), in place of the It would certainly give an advantage -in terms of Power- to the upper class against the lower classes that were still using wood and stone tools), ‘πολλὴν ἐσθῆτα’ (that is, ‘much apparel, gown’. Ancient Greek: Λητοῦς δ᾽ ἐρικυδέος υἱὸν ῥεῖα μάλ᾽ ἐπρήυνεν ἑκηβόλον, ὡς ἔθελ᾽ αὐτός, καὶ κρατερόν περ ἐόντα: λαβὼν δ᾽ ἐπ᾽ ἀριστερὰ χειρὸς πλήκτρῳ ἐπειρήτιζε κατὰ μέρος: ἣ δ᾽ ὑπὸ χειρὸς σμερδαλέον κονάβησε: γέλασσε δὲ Φοῖβος Ἀπόλλων γηθήσας, ἐρατὴ δὲ διὰ φρένας ἤλυθ᾽ ἰωὴ θεσπεσίης ἐνοπῆς καὶ μιν γλυκὺς ἵμερος ᾕρει θυμῷ ἀκουάζοντα: λύρῃ δ᾽ ἐρατὸν κιθαρίζων στῆ ῥ᾽ ὅ γε θαρσήσας ἐπ᾽ ἀριστερὰ Μαιάδος υἱὸς Φοίβου Ἀπόλλωνος: τάχα δὲ λιγέως κιθαρίζων γηρύετ᾽ ἀμβολάδην — ἐρατὴ δέ οἱ ἕσπετο φωνή — κραίνων ἀθανάτους τε θεοὺς καὶ γαῖαν ἐρεμνήν, ὡς τὰ πρῶτα γένοντο καὶ ὡς λάχε μοῖραν ἕκαστος. Also, he bethought him of a crafty ruse and reversed the marks of their hoofs, making the front behind and the hind before, while he himself walked the other way. NovoScriptorium: From this last excerpt we learn about the fauna which existed during the transitional era ‘from caves to houses’ in the Greek peninsula. And, hence, bore the necessity to find a cure for this social malady. This is not an early Socialistic All Rights Reserved. So, ‘Hermes the cave man’ not only had shaped the interior of his cave to a ‘palace’, but also he honoured the gods in a specific place; a temple. In other words, its production and use must have been in its first steps and, hence, it was the privilege of the few to have and use it. sport and playfulness, too, Greek religion throws her sanction. The brushwood the glorious Slayer of Argus plucked in Pieria as he was preparing for his journey, making shift as one making haste for a long journey. Ares and Aphrodite in the Odyssey. NovoScriptorium: ‘Hermes the cave man’ slaughters the oxen. We also notice that while Hermes lives in a cave, there are also houses in the same society. ‘plenty of bright iron’ (again, Metallurgy is implied here; it is very likely that the inclusion of iron among the items that denote wealth and prestige has to do with the social trend at the time. To myself it seems that the poet From the following excerpt we may receive an indication of how rapidly massive social schanges took place in the Greek peninsula during the transitional era ‘from caves to houses’. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Consideration is first given to the function and qualities of epiphanies elsewhere in the Homeric Hymns and other early epic. NovoScriptorium: First, let’s provide the reader with an example of how tricky is the writing of Myths aiming to provide several different kinds of information. And next the goodly son of Zeus hymned the rest of the immortals according to their order in age, and told how each was born, mentioning all in order as he struck the lyre upon his arm. It is also confirmed that there were many inhabited caves even in the Bronze Age and, for sure, during the Neolithic Age, while towns, cities, even imposing palaces existed in parallel. English: Take these, Son of Maia, and tend the wild roving, horned oxen and horses and patient mules. At the πολλὰ δὲ κάγκανα κᾶλα κατουδαίῳ ἐνὶ βόθρῳ οὖλα λαβὼν ἐπέθηκεν ἐπηετανά: λάμπετο δὲ φλὸξ τηλόσε φῦσαν ἱεῖσα πυρὸς μέγα δαιομένοιο. Obviously, what we have here is a parallel narration. ‘άδυτος’ means ‘the innermost part’ but also ‘the place from where it is very difficult to exit’. We are not sure where this first took place neither we know anything about the time it happened. What is slightly confusing is that the use of fire definitely didn’t take place during the transitional period ‘from caves to houses’, but much earlier. Again, as we have explained in several previous articles, we must have in mind that ‘the gods’ were humans of the distant past. Gold and oxen were the symbols of wealth. Grey cast iron has less tensile strength and shock resistance than steel, but its compressive strength is comparable to low- and medium-carbon steel. Ancient Greek:  παπτήνας δ᾽ ἀνὰ πάντα μυχὸν μεγάλοιο δόμοιο τρεῖς ἀδύτους ἀνέῳγε λαβὼν κληῖδα φαεινὴν νέκταρος ἐμπλείους ἠδ᾽ ἀμβροσίης ἐρατεινῆς: πολλὸς δὲ χρυσός τε καὶ ἄργυρος ἔνδον ἔκειτο, πολλὰ δὲ φοινικόεντα καὶ ἄργυφα εἵματα νύμφης, οἷα θεῶν μακάρων ἱεροὶ δόμοι ἐντὸς ἔχουσιν: ἔνθ᾽ ἐπεὶ ἐξερέεινε μυχοὺς μεγάλοιο δόμοιο Λητοΐδης, μύθοισι προσηύδα κύδιμον Ἑρμῆν, English: He peered in every corner of the great dwelling and, taking a bright key, he opened three closets full of nectar and lovely ambrosia. But on this we will have a proper analysis at some future article. He took the lyre upon his left arm and tried each string in turn with the key, so that it sounded awesomely at his touch. In these respects he answers to Until now though, we do not have enough documented and published evidence to make any further claims in relation to our analysis. ( Log Out /  he presents historical information covered with the cloak of Myth, adding notions/perceptions on religion, society, etc. For it was Hermes who first invented fire-sticks and fire. How old is the Greek language and its writing? . disappearances of things, is the chief topic of the gay and reckless God) is the theme. conceal the direction of the spoor from a native tracker. dishonesties of commerce (clearly regarded as a form of theft) Hermes Ancient Greek: Διὸς δ᾽ ἐριούνιος Ἑρμῆς δοχμωθεὶς μεγάροιο διὰ κλήιθρον ἔδυνεν αὔρῃ ὀπωρινῇ ἐναλίγκιος, ἠύτ᾽ ὀμίχλη. Edward I. And we know equally very little for the time interval that starts from the first use of fire until the turnpoint of Agriculture. they had an indirect contact with the distant past somehow. The charming, amusing, much admired, and lengthy Hymn to Hermes (4) tells the story of the god’s birth and childhood. And from heaven father Zeus himself gave confirmation to his words, and commanded that glorious Hermes should be lord over all birds of omen and grim-eyed lions, and boars with gleaming tusks, and over dogs and all flocks that the wide earth nourishes, and over all sheep; also that he only should be the appointed messenger to Hades, who, though he takes no gift, shall give him no mean prize. But the poets were not careful of astuteness over strength (a triumph here assigned to the infancy of a The learned differ as to the precise purpose of the Hymn, and some even are far from the solemn regard paid to Apollo, from the wistful beauty of We are convinced, after years of study, that this is done on purpose by the writers. Agriculture. Hermes came hurrying to the shadowy mountains of Pieria, where the divine cattle of the blessed gods had their steads and grazed the pleasant, unmown meadows. In other words, we are talking about a period necessarily after the so-called ‘Hunters-Gatherers‘ one. In one respect his behaviour has a singular savage parallel. archaeologists, and regarded anachronisms as genially as did Shakespeare Until now though, we do not have enough documented and published evidence to make any further claims in relation to our analysis. . And so this is how animal sacrifices begun. can tell and adorn the story without visibly floundering in the pitfalls What we have examined here is a witten document from Antiquity that clearly describes epochs of the distant past and some of their characteristics: At some distant past Humans were living in caves, ignorant of the use of fire. τὸν δ᾽ ἔρος ἐν στήθεσσιν ἀμήχανος αἴνυτο θυμόν, καὶ μιν φωνήσας ἔπεα πτερόεντα προσηύδα: βουφόνε, μηχανιῶτα, πονεύμενε, δαιτὸς ἑταῖρε, πεντήκοντα βοῶν ἀντάξια ταῦτα μέμηλας. previous four strings. This is a sign of conscious cultivation, i.e. The simplistic (and irrational, in our opinion) explanation of an ‘oral tradition’ is not at all convincing. Guide of Souls he played the part of comforter and friend: he brought men NovoScriptorium: A more exact translation would be ‘it is better in the house, outside the gate is harmful’.

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