Hecataeus of Abdera's 'On the Hyperboreans': History of Research (1848-2005) and an Attempt at Interpretation

• Authors: Winiarczyk M.
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

The article contains an analysis of the preserved fragments of Hecataeus of Abdera's work 'On the Hyperboreans' and a Polish translation of the most important ones. It seems that Hecataeus did not intend to depict an ideal of the pious and virtuous life in order to edify the reader. 'On the Hyperboreans' was not a utopia in the strict sense of the term. It was meant to be an entertaining novel describing a journey to a miraculous country. The writer probably did not imitate Pytheas of Massilia's work 'On the Ocean'. One should reject the hypothesis that Hecataeus' Hyperboreans were modeled on the Egyptians.

Keywords

EN

HECATAEUS OF ABDERA; GREEK LITERATURE; ANCIENT NOVEL  

Discipline

• PHILOLOGY_&_LINGUISTICS: PHILOLOGY & LINGUISTICS

• Publisher: Komitet Nauk o Kulturze Antycznej PAN
• Journal: Meander
• Year: 2006
• Volume: 61
• Issue: 1-2
• Pages: 29-55
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Winiarczyk M.

• M. Winiarczyk, Uniwersytet Wroclawski, Instytut Historyczny, ul. Szewska 49, 50-139 Wroclaw, Poland

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

08PLAAAA04879259