The Titanic Origin of Humans: The Melian Nymphs and Zagreus

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  • Velvet Yates

Abstract

Hesiod's creation myth implies that the human race derived from the "ash tree nymphs" (meliai); the Neoplatonists, with their etymological arguments, seem to have this in mind in tracing human origins to the Titans' "limbs" (melea).

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2004-06-20

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Vol. 44 No. 2 (2004)

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