Re: [tied] Re: Medieval Dragons, dog/snake, Greek Dragons

It's interesting that monster emitting fire from the eyes seemed to be a
more modern concept, via Superman and another XXth century super-heroes. Now
we can see that Greek imagine monsters with this power. Medousa also have a
"petrifier" gaze, and we can add Irish Balor "evil-eye".

Joao SL
Rio

----- Original Message -----
From: george knysh <gknysh@...>
To: <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 5:10 AM
Subject: Re: [tied] Re: Medieval Dragons, dog/snake, Greek Dragons


>
> --- João_Simões_Lopes_Filho <jodan99@...>
> wrote:
> > I took a look at Theogony, and at least two
> > creatures are described as
> > "drakontes": The snake-head of Khimaira, and Typhon.
> > And Typhon's eyes emit
> > flames [(...} he:n hekaton kephalai ophios, deinoio
> > drakontos, glo:sse:si
> > dnophere:si lelikhmotes. ek de oi osso:n thespesie:s
> > kephale:sin hup'
> > ophrysi pyr amaryssen. paseo:n d' ek kephaleo:n pyr
> > kaieto
> > derkomenoio.(...)) .
> > For me it confirms Piotr's argument. So, we can
> > define a drakon as a
> > monstruous serpent with fire-glowing eyes.
>
> *****GK: More as above in your description of
> Tiphoeus. The Perseus translation of Hesiod has his
> hundred "snake" heads flashing fire + "fire burned
> from his heads as he glared". The original "drakon"
> (in Greek myth) thus swooshes fire from his eyes
> rather than his nostrils or his mouth (yet as to
> Chimaera the transl. is that it was "breathing forth a
> fearful blast of blazing fire".) I wonder whether this
> indicates that Tiphoeus is an older imagined monster
> than Chimaera.*****
> >
> > Joao SL
> > Rio
>
>
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