…After the water subsided, the two men, who wished for the restoration of mankind, received a prophecy telling them to throw their mother's bones behind them. Interpreting this as a stone, the two men threw stones over their shoulders. The stone thrown by Deucalion turned into a man, and the stone thrown by Pyrrha turned into a woman. Thus, Hellen, the ancestor of the Greeks, was born, and the ancient Greeks began to call themselves Hellenes and their country Hellas. [Tomohiro Mizutani]… *Some of the terminology that mentions "Hellēnes" is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…水が引いてから,人類の回復を願う二人に,母の骨を背後に投げよとの託宣があり,これを石と解した二人が肩越しに石を投ずると,デウカリオンの投げた石は人間の男に,ピュラのそれは女になった。こうしてギリシア人の祖先たるヘレンHellēnが生まれたことにより,古代のギリシア人はみずからをヘレネスHellēnes,国土をヘラスHellasと称するようになったという。【水谷 智洋】。… ※「Hellēnes」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。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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