...Also, in his comedy The Birds, Aristophanes, quoting the doctrine of the ancient Orphic religion, describes Eros as the creator of all things, born from the egg of the world brought by Nyx, the goddess of night, when there was no earth, air, or sky. Thus, although Eros was originally a god with great original power, he was rarely worshiped alone, and the only known sacred place dedicated to this god alone is the sanctuary of the Boeotian city of Thespiai. There, natural stone, completely untouched by human hands, was the object of worship until it was replaced by a statue by Praxiteles in the second half of the 4th century BC. ... *Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Thespiai" are listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…またアリストファネスは喜劇《鳥》のなかで,古いオルフェウス教の教義を引用してエロスを,いまだ大地も大気も天空もないとき,夜の女神ニュクスNyxがもたらした世界の卵から生まれ出た万物の創造者,とうたっている。このように,本来エロスは原初的な偉大な力をもった神ではあったが,彼が単独で崇拝の対象とされたことはまれであり,この神のみをまつる聖地としては,ボイオティア地方の都市テスピアイThespiaiの神域が知られているにすぎない。そこでは,前4世紀の後半にプラクシテレス作の彫像にとって代えられるまで,人間の手の全く加えられない自然石が礼拝の対象とされていた。… ※「Thespiai」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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