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Darrera modificació: 2009-10-01
Bases de dades: Sciència.cat
Rodríguez Guerrero, José, "Algunos datos desconocidos sobre las relaciones entre alquimia y mitología", Azogue: Revista Electrónica Dedicada al Estudio Histórico Crítico de la Alquimia, 5 (2002 - 2007), 9-29.
- Resum
- The purpose of this study is to explore the relationship between alchemy and mythology during the Late Antiquity and Middle Ages. The earliest record occurs in the writing of an anonymous paradoxographer of the 6-7th Century. It was not an alchemical interpretation but a rational account of the myth which includes alchemical elements. Other similar approaches can be found in Haraxes of Pergamum, John of Antioch and the Suda. At the same time I will try to find some reasons for the absence of alchemical explanations of myths in the Greek alchemists. A medieval alchemist called Ibn Umail developed some alchemical allegories inspired by classical myths, but he doesn’t make explicit reference to mythological creatures. Finally, Pietro Bono, written around 1330, seems to have been the first author to recognize alchemical operations under the veil of myths.
- Matèries
- Alquímia
Mitografia
- URL
- http://www.revistaazogue.com/Azogue5-2.pdf
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