Pyrene ( ancient Greek Πυρήνη ) is the heroine of ancient mythology, an eponym of the Pyrenees . The story about her is set forth in the Latin poem by Celius Italica about the Punic War and is prefaced to the narration about the campaign of Hannibal . It is assumed that the source of Celia was the historian Timey .
Pyrene was the daughter of Bebrik, king of the Narbonne Bebriks (who are usually localized in Asia Minor in the ancient tradition). Hercules , having gone after the cows of Geryon , being drunk from wine, came together with Pyrene. She bore him a snake [1] and, fearing the wrath of her father, fled into the wilderness, where wild beasts tore her apart. On the way back, Hercules found the torn-up corpse and buried him in sorrow. The name Pirens received the mountains , where she died and where Hercules loudly screamed at the mountains, mourned her [2] .
In the 19th century, the story was attempted to be interpreted either through a similarity to the word “fire” ( ancient Greek πῦρ ) (to the Group); have either seen the heroine of the rhodes Aphrodite Pyrenees ( d'Arbois de Joubenville ); or through a similarity with the story of the Scythian serpentine [3] .
The image of the Pirens was used by Gascon poets of the new time. Jean-Claude Pertuse ( fr. Jean-Claude Pertuzé ) gave the four-volume Pyrenees guide the name “Song of the Pyrenees” ( fr. Les Chants de Pyrène ).
Sources
- ↑ see the image of a woman giving birth to a snake
- ↑ Cilius Italik . Punica, III, 415-443: Text in Latin
- ↑ interpretations in Roscher's Lexicon
- Roscher's lexicon . V.3. Stb 3341.
- Another version of the legend (English)