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the accidental or deliberate misinterpretation by one culture of the icons or myths of an earlier one, especially so as to bring them into accord with those of the later oneSee Also: iconotropic
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Orion (mythology) — For other uses, see Orion (disambiguation). Not to be confused with Arion. An engraving of Orion from Johann Bayer s Uranometria, 1603 (US Naval Observatory Library) Orion (Greek: Ὠρίων … Wikipedia
The Greek Myths — (1955) is a mythography, a compendium of Greek mythology, by the poet and writer Robert Graves, normally published in two volumes.Each myth is presented in the voice of a narrator writing under the Antonines, such as Plutarch or Pausanias, with… … Wikipedia
iconotropic — adjective of a myth or tradition that has its origin in a misrepresentation of an earlier one See Also: iconotropy … Wiktionary
