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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Castro, Gilberto
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:Costa Rica
Institución:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/31954
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/kanina/article/view/31954
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Etimología
semántica
griego
indoeuropeo
mitología
etymology
semantics
Greek
Indo-European language
mythology
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Sumario: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.