The name of Asclepius

This article analyzes the etymology of the name of the God Asclepius and its relation within the attributes of the God. So we hope to give a plausible and the most-possible-correct etymology with Indo-European origin, and we do compare the different etymological explanations given before that have c...

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Detalhes bibliográficos
Autor: Castro, Gilberto
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:Costa Rica
Recursos:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/31954
Acesso em linha:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/kanina/article/view/31954
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Etimología
semántica
griego
indoeuropeo
mitología
etymology
semantics
Greek
Indo-European language
mythology
Descrição
Resumo:This article analyzes the etymology of the name of the God Asclepius and its relation within the attributes of the God. So we hope to give a plausible and the most-possible-correct etymology with Indo-European origin, and we do compare the different etymological explanations given before that have caused some controversies because of its origin. Crucial importance has the fact that we emphasize the solar character of the God.