Journal | Lexis
Journal issue | Num. 38 (n.s.) – Giugno 2020 – Fasc. 1
Research Article | Storie di Linceo
Storie di Linceo
- Damiano Fermi - Independent Scholar - email
Abstract
The article reviews the testimonies on Lynceus, son of Aphareus, a ‘minor’ Greek hero, renowned in Antiquity for his extraordinarily penetrating gaze. I focus on the characteristics attributed to this superpower (vision from afar and through solid surfaces) and the areas in which it operates (heroic combat, navigation, art of discovering veins of ore). Through the analysis of the texts, I try to bring out some important cultural models, connected in the mythical narrative with the ὀξυδερκία: since this topic is widespread in the international oral tradition, I found it useful to compare literary data with folklore parallels. In order to grasp further facets of this phenomenon, the case of Lynceus is considered against the background of other characters with extraordinarily sharp eyesight (be it gods, heroes or animals), to finally trace in the Grimm’s fairy tale nr. 71 a significant moment of the motif’s fortune outside classical Greece.
Submitted: Nov. 18, 2019 | Accepted: April 9, 2020 | Published June 30, 2020 | Language: it
Keywords Invisibility • Supernatural power • Lynceus • Argonauts • Apharetidai • Sharp sight • Greek myth • Precious metals • Greek hero • Folk-tale • Cypria • Lynx-eyed
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dc.title |
Storie di Linceo. Un eroe oxyderkes tra mito e modelli culturali |
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dc.contributor.author |
Fermi Damiano |
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dc.publisher |
Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing, Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari |
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dc.type |
Research Article |
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dc.language.iso |
it |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/riviste/lexis-journal/2020/1/storie-di-linceo/ |
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dc.description.abstract |
The article reviews the testimonies on Lynceus, son of Aphareus, a ‘minor’ Greek hero, renowned in Antiquity for his extraordinarily penetrating gaze. I focus on the characteristics attributed to this superpower (vision from afar and through solid surfaces) and the areas in which it operates (heroic combat, navigation, art of discovering veins of ore). Through the analysis of the texts, I try to bring out some important cultural models, connected in the mythical narrative with the ὀξυδερκία: since this topic is widespread in the international oral tradition, I found it useful to compare literary data with folklore parallels. In order to grasp further facets of this phenomenon, the case of Lynceus is considered against the background of other characters with extraordinarily sharp eyesight (be it gods, heroes or animals), to finally trace in the Grimm’s fairy tale nr. 71 a significant moment of the motif’s fortune outside classical Greece. |
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dc.relation.ispartof |
Lexis |
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dc.relation.ispartof |
Num. 38 (n.s.) – Giugno 2020 – Fasc. 1 |
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dc.issued |
2020-06-30 |
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dc.dateAccepted |
2020-04-09 |
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dc.dateSubmitted |
2019-11-18 |
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dc.identifier.issn |
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dc.identifier.eissn |
2724-1564 |
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dc.rights |
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License |
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dc.rights.uri |
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
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dc.identifier.doi |
10.30687/Lexis/2210-8823/2020/01/002 |
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dc.peer-review |
yes |
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dc.subject |
Apharetidai |
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dc.subject |
Apharetidai |
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dc.subject |
Argonauts |
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dc.subject |
Argonauts |
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dc.subject |
Cypria |
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dc.subject |
Cypria |
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dc.subject |
Folk-tale |
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dc.subject |
Folk-tale |
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dc.subject |
Greek hero |
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dc.subject |
Greek hero |
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dc.subject |
Greek myth |
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dc.subject |
Greek myth |
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dc.subject |
Invisibility |
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dc.subject |
Invisibility |
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dc.subject |
Lynceus |
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dc.subject |
Lynceus |
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dc.subject |
Lynx-eyed |
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dc.subject |
Lynx-eyed |
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dc.subject |
Precious metals |
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dc.subject |
Precious metals |
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dc.subject |
Sharp sight |
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dc.subject |
Sharp sight |
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dc.subject |
Supernatural power |
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dc.subject |
Supernatural power |
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