title: What is a γρυπαίετος (Aesch. Fr. inc. fab. 422 R. )?
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metadata.value: Librán Moreno, Míriam
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metadata.value: 2024-12-02T20:12:24Z
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metadata.value: 2023-09
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metadata.value: Librán Moreno M. What is a γρυπαίετος (Aesch. Fr. inc. fab. 422 R. )? Philologia Classica 2023, 18 (2), 177–189. https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu20.2023.203
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu20.2023.203
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/48071
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metadata.value: The purpose of the following paper is to identify what kind of mythical creature Aeschylus’
  γρυπαίετος (‘griffin–eagle’) that caused such a scandal for ‘Euripides’ in Aristophanes’ Frogs
  928–930 (= Aesch. fr. inc. fab. 422 R.) was. The term has usually been interpreted in three ways:
  (a) as a poetic form of ‘eagle’; (b) as a poetic form of ‘griffin’; (c) as ‘eagle of the griffin species’.
  The testimony of Aristophanes’ Frogs and vase-painting suggests that it may have been an idiosyncratic,
  archaic type of griffin, called by modern specialists ‘griffin-bird’ and characterised
  by having two legs, not four, and the body of a bird, not a lion. This fantastic creature appeared
  quite frequently on Archaic black-figure vases in Athens, but had completely disappeared by
  the end of the 6th century BC. As a result, its appearance would be unknown to Aristophanes’
  public, making the term γρυπαίετος impossible to make out (Ra. 930). Thus, the following
  paper suggests that Aeschylus’ γρυπαίετος (‘griffin-eagle’) is a fabulous composite beast made
  up of griffin and eagle parts, as its name suggests: a griffin head (with an open hooked beak,
  long pointed ears, a protuberance or horn over the eyes, and a curl or plume falling down one
  side of the neck) crowning an eagle body (two-legged, feathered, with wings and talons).
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metadata.value: en
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metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
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metadata.value: Philologia Classica;Volume 18; Issue 2
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Aeschylus
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metadata.value: Aristophanes
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metadata.value: griffin
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metadata.value: γρυπαίετος
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metadata.value: griffin-eagle
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metadata.value: What is a γρυπαίετος (Aesch. Fr. inc. fab. 422 R. )?
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metadata.value: Article
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