Orpheus's Myth in Vico

Raffaele Ruggiero (1)

1 CAER - Centre Aixois d'Etudes Romanes

Vico choose the myths of Orpheus and Amphion as the model of civilizations builders. The two ancient heroes were founders of governments because in Vico's works the first founders of civilizations were heroes and poets.

Keywords: Giambattista Vico; Orpheus myth; Foundation myths

Domains: Humanities and Social Sciences; Literature; Humanities and Social Sciences; History; Humanities and Social Sciences; Classical studies; Humanities and Social Sciences; Law

Raffaele Ruggiero. Orpheus's Myth in Vico. Malgorzata Budzowska and Jadwiga Czerwinska. Ancient Myths in the Making of Culture, Peter Lang, pp.93-98, 2015, 978-3-631-65176-6. ⟨hal-01428057⟩