Document Type
Article
Publication Date
January 1993
Publication Title
Word
First Page
77
Last Page
90
Disciplines
Arts and Humanities | Classical Literature and Philology | Classics
Abstract
The meaning of the word ἀάατος at Homer's Odyssey 22.5 becomes clearer examined in conjunction with its occurrence at Iliad 14.271 where it is used as an epithet of the river Styx. Further discussion, by locating the word within the context of IE ordeal rituals, Greek cosmogony and the pre-IE mythology of Greek Arcadia, reveals a complex theology amalgamated from these different sources.
Recommended Citation
Marianina Demetri Olcott. "'ΑAΆΤΟΣ at Odyssey 22.5: Greek and Indo-European oaths" Word (1993): 77-90.
