| |
| | bloch |
 | | I argue, based on a lexical analysis of the vocabulary used to describe the city and its inhabitants along with a comparison of the two stories with other Greek foundation narratives, that the representation of these foundations in the epic tradition reflects two distinct contexts of composition, one Mycenaean and one archaic. |
 | | There, Kadmos was most likely separated from Amphion and Zethos by several generations (see West 1985, 83), but the foundation stories were not placed in direct relation to each other, if Kadmos was present at all. |
 | | The distinction can be taken further: in the mythic tradition, Zethos marries Thebe, connecting the Mycenaean toponym to the story of the twins' foundation. |
| www.apaclassics.org /AnnualMeeting/04mtg/abstracts/berman.html (536 words) |
|