Acta Antiqua Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae
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Volume 61: Issue 4
Cupido ludens: Eros playing with astragals in Apollonius Rhodius 3. 112–155
Author:
Salvatore Costanza National and Capodistrian University of Athens, Greece

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Pages:
383–394
Online Publication Date:
29 Nov 2022
Publication Date:
06 Apr 2023
Article Category:
Research Article
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1556/068.2022.00029
Keywords:
Apollonius Rhodius; Eros; Ganymede; knucklebones; play; games; random-givers; alea; sortes; cleromancy; astragalomancy; Greek Lyric poetry; epigrams
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Abstract

Ancient classical culture usually links gambling (plays with knucklebones, dice, pawns) with divination and love's matters. It is noteworthy, to examine playing by knucklebones (Greek astragaloi). The connection between astragals, games and the erotic sphere clearly appears in Eros-Ganymede episode in the 3rd Book of Apollonius' Argonautica. A fragment of Callimachus also deals with knucklebones. Many Greek lyric and epigrammatic poets echo this topic. In sum, Apollonius allows us to discover a usual imagery: Eros as a player with knucklebones shows that Love masters the human life. It is thus an evident symbol of fate.

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  • Tamás DEZSŐ (Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest)
  • Miklós MARÓTH (Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Avicenna Institute of Middle Eastern Studies)
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  • János NAGYILLÉS (University of Szeged)
  • Lajos Zoltán SIMON (Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest)
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  • Herwig MAEHLER
  • Attilio MASTROCINQUE (University of Verona)
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2023  
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CiteScore 0.2
CiteScore rank Q3 (Classics)
SNIP 0.532
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