Hesiodos Theogonia v. 120 sqq. et v. 201 sqq. : ***スの問題をめぐって
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Many scholars of Hesiod have found it inconsistent oi eontradictoiy that Eros is represented, on the one hand, as a primeval god (v 120 sqq), and, on the other, as an attendant of Aphrodite (v 201 sqq) In this paper I propose, with a view to shedding new light on the solution of this problem, to examine the primary generative force which is seen in the Theogony Two deities can be identified as such generative forces Eros in v 133-v 200, and Aphrodite (followed by Eros) in v 201 sqq Before the birth of Aphrodite, Eros appears chiefly as the "Germinating Force" (See e g v 185-v 187), and also as the "Uniting Force", though his powers are as yet incomplete (See v 133) After the birth of Aphrodite through the castration of Uranus, each of the two aspects of Eros's function conies to be attributed to two distinct deities, to Aphrodite and Eros respectively Aphrodite here embodies exclusively the aspect of the "Uniting Force", and Eros, on the other hand, comes to appear exclusively in the aspect of the "Germinating Force" as an attendant of Aphrodite That is to say, the "Germinating Force" works hereafter as the subordinate of the "Uniting Force" Moreover, it should be noticed here that the very nature of the "Uniting Force" develops through Aphrodite from the incomplete stage to the complete one, that is to say, the "Uniting Force", which was seen in the function of Eros and worked only upon one sex, comes to work for the first time upon both sexes, motivated by the castration We can also see this from the facts that, after the castration, such a cruel (i e loveless) deed as seen in v 156-v 158 is never found, and that the expression for the sexual union has changed form simple ευνηθεισα (v 133) to εν φιλοτητι ευνηθεισα (v 388, 306, 333, 330 and so on) From what we have seen above, we may conclude as follows there is no reason for us to regard the fact that Eros changes itself from primeval god to an attendant of Aphrodite as unreasonable and contradictory, for, in the Theogony, the poet, from the first, intended to sing of the evolution of the primary generative force
- 1964-03-31
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