Deipaturos
| Deipaturos | |
|---|---|
| Equivalents | |
| Indo-European equivalent | Dyēus |
Deipaturos(Doric Greek:Δειπάτυροϛ,Deipáturos;lit. "sky-father" )[1]was a deity worshipped in ancient times as theSky Fatherin the region ofTymphaea.[2][3]
Description
[edit]Deipáturoswas recorded by the Greek grammarianHesychius of Alexandria(fifth or sixth century AD), in an entry of his lexicon named "Deipáturos, a god among the Stymphians" (Δειπάτυροϛ θεὸϛ παρὰ Στυμϕαίοιϛ). Deipaturos was worshipped as theSky Father(*Dyēus-Ph₂tḗr), a linguisticcognateof the VedicDyáuṣ Pitṛ́,GreekZeus Patērand RomanJupiter.[2][1]
Deipáturosis considered anIllyriantheonym.[4][5]
According toMartin L. West,"the formal parallelism between the names of the IllyrianDeipaturosand theMessapicDamatura[ "earth-mother" ] may favour their having been a pair, but evidence of the liaison is lacking. "[6]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^abMallory & Adams 2006,p. 408–409.
- ^abWest 2007,pp. 167, 170.
- ^Fortson 2009,p. 470.
- ^Filos 2023,pp. 87–88.
- ^Shapiro, Michael (2022).The Logic of Language: A Semiotic Study of Speech.Springer Nature. p. 255.ISBN978-3-031-06611-5.
- ^West 2007,p. 182.
Bibliography
[edit]- Filos, Panagiotis (2023)."Onomastic Formulae from N. Epirus and S. Illyria: Lingustic and Sociocultural Connotations".In Albio Cesare Cassio, Sara Kaczko (ed.).Alloglо̄ssoi: Multilingualism and Minority Languages in Ancient Europe.Trends in Classics – Greek and Latin Linguistics. Vol. 2. Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. pp. 83–113.ISBN9783110779684.
- Fortson, Benjamin W. (2009).Indo-European Language and Culture: an Introduction.John Wiley & Sons.ISBN978-1405188968.
- Mallory, James P.;Adams, Douglas Q.(2006),The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World,Oxford, England: Oxford University Press,ISBN978-0-19-929668-2
- West, Morris L.(2007).Indo-European Poetry and Myth.Oxford University Press.ISBN978-0199280759.
