Ancient Greek Hymns and Pastoral Gods: Comparative Studies in Poetics and Mythology

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dc.contributor.advisorBertolín Cebrián, Reyes
dc.contributor.authorRoccella, Gabriele
dc.contributor.committeememberFramarin, Christopher
dc.contributor.committeememberHume, James
dc.contributor.committeememberAmedegnato, Senamin
dc.contributor.committeememberBurgess, Jonathan
dc.contributor.committeememberHume, James
dc.date2022-11
dc.date.accessioned2022-07-05T16:59:35Z
dc.date.available2022-07-05T16:59:35Z
dc.date.issued2022-06
dc.description.abstractThe first part of the thesis investigates hymns as a poetic genre in Ancient Greece. Focusing on the early attestations of the term humnos itself and on selected excerpts from Archaic hymnic poetry, the work aims at retracing the main explicit definitions of this genre from the 8th to early 4th century BCE, as well as integrating insights from performance studies, like the notion of embodied literary genre. A study of the performative aspects of hymns, both external (actual) and internal (narrated within the hymns), leads to innovative theories of this genre's function. A comparative and linguistic approach to the etymology of the term humnos furthers the investigation through the possible Proto-Indo-European etymological relation between the Greek and Vedic terms meaning hymn: humnos and sumna-, respectively. In the second part of the thesis, the comparative approach is taken further to investigate the relations and equivalences between some relevant mythological recipients and performers of hymns in the Greek context: Pan, Hermes and Apollo. The mythological and historic-comparative study, expanded to include gods of Indo-European cultures and other contexts as well, helps clarify certain not-yet-well-understood characteristics of these deities. In addition, some possible reasons and explanations for these three gods’ association with hymnic performance are considered. The analysis of their symbolic animal associations, as well as the linguistic comparative study of specific traits and epithets accompanying these gods, pushes forth recent interpretations and approaches that are not confined to the linguistic sphere, but involve the reconstruction of the ideologies, hunting, warfare and initiation practices of ancient Greek-speaking peoples while also harking back to the reconstruction of Proto-Indo-European customs and looking ahead to Roman times with the analysis of a heavily politicized use of a mythological narrative involving Apollo and Pan.en_US
dc.identifier.citationRoccella, G. (2022). Ancient Greek hymns and pastoral gods: comparative studies in poetics and mythology (Doctoral thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca.en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/39871
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/114801
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisher.facultyArtsen_US
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.rightsUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.en_US
dc.subjectGreek Mythologyen_US
dc.subjectancient Greek poeticsen_US
dc.subjectLiteratureen_US
dc.subjectIndo-Europeanen_US
dc.subjectlinguisticsen_US
dc.subjecthymnsen_US
dc.subjectHomeren_US
dc.subjectpastoralen_US
dc.subjectHomeric Hymnsen_US
dc.subjectApolloen_US
dc.subjectPanen_US
dc.subjectHermesen_US
dc.subject.classificationMusicen_US
dc.subject.classificationEducation--Language and Literatureen_US
dc.subject.classificationLanguage--Ancienten_US
dc.subject.classificationLinguisticsen_US
dc.subject.classificationLiterature--Classicalen_US
dc.subject.classificationLiterature--Comparativeen_US
dc.subject.classificationReligionen_US
dc.subject.classificationReligion--History ofen_US
dc.subject.classificationAnthropology--Culturalen_US
dc.subject.classificationFolkloreen_US
dc.subject.classificationHistory--Ancienten_US
dc.subject.classificationHistory--Europeanen_US
dc.titleAncient Greek Hymns and Pastoral Gods: Comparative Studies in Poetics and Mythologyen_US
dc.typedoctoral thesisen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineGreek & Roman Studiesen_US
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgaryen_US
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophy (PhD)en_US
ucalgary.item.requestcopytrueen_US
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