A New Hypothesis on the Meaning of the Homeric Word Merops Volume 5 - Issue 2

Felice Vinci and Arduino Maiuri*

• Dipartimento di Storia, Culture, Religioni Sapienza Università di Roma, Italy

Received:August 19, 2021   Published: September 08, 2021

Corresponding author: Arduino Maiuri, Dipartimento di Storia, Culture, Religioni Sapienza Università di Roma, Italy

DOI: 10.32474/JAAS.2021.05.000206

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Abstract

In the Homeric poems the word merops appears on several occasions, generally associated with the noun anthrōpos, man. It is translated as mortal, however, this interpretation is not sure. In fact, by examining the passages in which this expression appears, we note that this translation is somewhat vague and unconvincing. Furthermore, in the Iliad the word also includes a proper name, that of Merops Perkōsios, father of two brothers who died in the Trojan War

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