Το όνομα της Αιμονίας στους Λατίνους συγγραφείς
Part of : Παρνασσός ; Vol.ΜΗ, No.1, 2006, pages 31-40
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The name of Haemonia in the Latin authors
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Haemonia was the first name of the area afterwards (and then) called Thessalia (Thessaly). Haemon was the son of Pelasgus and first king of this area, that so was called Haemonia. Haemonidae (Haemonids) were the descendants of Haemon, i.e. the Thessalians, and haemonius-a-um is the corresponding adjective. We read the name Haemonia only in two Latin prose authors, Plinius the Elder and Hyginus the Astronomer. But the Latin poets preferred the names Haemonia, Haemonidae, Haemonius to those of Thessalia, Thessalians, because Poetry has much to do with the mythical tradition. So these names are frequently mentioned in the lyric poetry (Horace, Ovid, Propertius) and in the epic poetry (Valerius Flaccus Lucanus, Papinis Statius, Silius Italicus, as well as Grattius), even in Seneca’s tragedy. And that is very reasonable, since Jason and Achilles were the principal Thessalian heroes.
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