Rhodope (English spelling)

…Hermes fell in love with the goddess Aphrodite but was rejected, and Zeus, feeling sorry for him, transformed himself into an eagle and stole one of Aphrodite's sandals and gave it to him, so that his love was fulfilled. A similar legend is also told by Strabo, in which one of Rhodope's sandals, stolen by an eagle, fell on the chest of the Egyptian king Psammetichus, who then searched throughout the country for its owner. Both stories link footwear with the fulfillment of love, and the latter also links the theme of identity verification, which is interesting because it suggests a commonality with Cinderella's glass slipper and the sexual symbolism of footwear. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Rhodopē" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…すなわちヘルメスは美神アフロディテに恋したが拒まれ，これを哀れんだゼウスが鷲に変じてアフロディテのサンダルの片方を盗んで彼に与えたため愛はかなえられた。同趣向の伝説はストラボンも伝えており，鷲に盗まれたロドペRhodopēのサンダルの片方がエジプト王プサンメティコスの胸の上に落ち，王はその持主を国中に捜し求めたという。いずれも履物と愛の成就，後者はさらに身元確認の主題が結びついている点で，シンデレラの〈ガラスの靴〉などとの共通性や，履物の性的な象徴性を示唆しており興味深い。…

※「Rhodopē」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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