| 翻訳と辞書 |
Ananke (mythology)
In ancient Greek religion, Ananke (), also spelled Anangke, Anance, or Anagke (, from the common noun ἀνάγκη, "force, constraint, necessity"), was the personification of inevitability, compulsion and necessity, depicted as holding a spindle. One of the Protogenoi, Ananke marks the beginning of the cosmos, along with her father and consort, Chronos (Chronos protogenos — not the titan Cronus). She was seen as the most powerful dictator of all fate and circumstance which meant that mortals, as well as the Gods, respected her and paid homage. Considered as the mother of the Fates according to one version, she is the only one to have control over their decisions〔 〕 (except, according to some sources, also Zeus).
According to the ancient Greek traveller Pausanias, there was a temple in ancient Corinth where the goddesses Ananke and Bia (meaning violence or violent haste) were worshipped together in the same shrine. Her Roman counterpart was Necessitas ("necessity").
==Etymology==
"Ananke" is derived from the common Ancient Greek noun ἀνάγκη (Ionic: ἀναγκαίη ''anankaiē''), meaning "force, constraint or necessity." The common noun itself is of uncertain etymology.〔R. S. P. Beekes, ''Etymological Dictionary of Greek'', Brill, 2009, p. 97.〕 Homer uses the word meaning necessity (ἀναγκαίη πολεμίζειν, "ιt is necessary to fight") or force (ἐξ ἀνάγκης, "by force").〔''Iliad'' 4.300, ''Odyssey'' 4.557: (Lidell, Scott: ''A Greek English Lexicon'': ἀνάγκη )〕 In Ancient Greek literature the word is also used meaning "fate" or "destiny" (ἀνάγκη δαιμόνων, "fate by the daemons or by the gods"), and by extension "compulsion or torture by a superior."〔E.Ph.1000, Xenophon, ''Hiero'' 9.4〕 The word is often personified in poetry, as Simonides does: "Even the gods don’t fight against ''ananke''".〔Simonides Fr. 4.20 Diehl: C. M. Bowra (1958), ''The Greek Experience''. W. P. Publishing company, Cleveland and New York, p. 61〕
In the philosophical sense it means "necessity", "logical necessity"〔Aristotle, ''Metaph.''1026.b28, 1064.b33: (Lidell, Scott: ''A Greek English Lexicon'': ἀνάγκη )〕 or "laws of nature".〔Xenophon, ''Memorabilia'' 1.11.1: (Lidell, Scott: ''A Greek English Lexicon'': ἀνάγκη )〕
抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』
■ウィキペディアで「Ananke (mythology)」の詳細全文を読む
スポンサード リンク
| 翻訳と辞書 : 翻訳のためのインターネットリソース |
Copyright(C) kotoba.ne.jp 1997-2016. All Rights Reserved.
|
|