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Anethus

In Greek and Roman mythology , Anethus ( Ancient Greek : Ἄνηθος , romanized : Ánēthos , lit. ' dill ' ) is a beautiful youth who undergoes transformation under unclear conditi...

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In Greek and Roman mythology, Anethus (Ancient Greek: Ἄνηθος, romanized: Ánēthos, lit.'dill') is a beautiful youth who undergoes transformation under unclear conditions and becomes a small flowering plant bearing his name, the dill. He and his story is only found in Maurus Servius Honoratus, a Latin grammarian who lived in the fourth and fifth centuries AD.

Etymology

The ancient Greek word for dill (anethum graveolens) is ἄνηθον (ánēthon), a neuter noun.[1] It was also spelled ἄννηθον (ánnēthon), ἄνητον (ánēton) and ἄννητον (ánnēton).[1] According to Robert Beekes it is probably of pre-Greek origin, as are all words ending in a -thos/-thon suffix.[2][3]

Mythology

The story of Anethus's minor transformation into the dill plant is only found in Servius, who writes that Anethus, much like the poppy and the daffodil, belonged to the class of the beautiful youths that were transformed into the plants bearing their names.[4][5] Besides this brief mention, the full story of Anethus, his family, his birthplace, the deity responsible and the context behind his transformation has been lost.[5] In ancient Greece anethum was seen by many doctors as a suitable herb for use in cures and remedies, especially for epilepsy.[6]

See also

References

  1. 12Liddell & Scott 1940, s.v. ἄνηθον.
  2. ↑Beekes 2009, pp. 103, 833.
  3. ↑Colvin 2014, pp. 29–31.
  4. ↑Servius, On Virgil's Eclogues2.47-48
  5. 12Forbes Irving 1990, p. 280.
  6. ↑ Hünemörder, Christian (2006). "Anise" . En Cancik, Hubert; Schneider, Helmuth (eds.). Brill's New Pauly . Traducido por Christine F. Salazar. Hamburgo: Brill Reference Online. doi : 10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e122170 . Consultado el 31 de julio de 2023 .

Bibliografía

  • Beekes, Robert SP (2009). Lucien van Beek (ed.). Diccionario etimológico del griego . Serie de diccionarios etimológicos indoeuropeos de Leiden. Vol.  1. Leiden, Países Bajos: Brill Publications . ISBN 978-90-04-17420-7.
  • Colvin, Stephen (2014). Breve historia de la antigua Grecia . Wiley Blackwell. ISBN 978-1-4051-4925-9.
  • Forbes Irving, Paul MC (1990). La metamorfosis en los mitos griegos . Oxford, Nueva York, Toronto: Oxford University Press , Clarendon Press . ISBN 0-19-814730-9.
  • Liddell, Henry George ; Scott, Robert (1940). Un léxico griego-inglés , revisado y ampliado por Sir Henry Stuart Jones con la ayuda de Roderick McKenzie . Oxford: Clarendon Press .Versión en línea en el proyecto Perseus.tufts.
  • Mauro Servio Honorato , En Vergilii carmina comentarii. Servii Grammatici qui feruntur in Vergilii carmina commentarii; recensuerunt Georgius Thilo y Hermannus Hagen. Georgius Thilo. Leipzig. BG Teubner. 1881. Versión en línea en la Biblioteca Digital Perseus .