АТИНА, РИМ, ЙЕРУСАЛИМ: ТЕКСТОВИ ТРАДИЦИИ И ВЗАИМНИ ВЛИЯНИЯ
ATHENS, ROME, JERUSALEM: TEXTUAL TRADITIONS AND MUTUAL INFLUENCES

Summary/Abstract: The first part of the paper focuses on Tale no. 143 from Hyginus’ Fabulae, the earliest preserved mythographic collection in Latin. Unfortunately, its current state is incomplete and subject to many editorial inter ventions. Thus, the identification of its sources can be complicated and involving a lot of speculation. Tale 143 about Phoroneus is considered by many researchers to be an echo of the Old Testament story about the Tower of Babel (Genesis 11:1-9). However, the comparison of the dif ferent sources for the Jewish narrative that might have been accessible to Hyginus, doesn’t suggest a direct borrowing. The tracing the interac tions between Jewish, Greek, and Latin authors allows us to reconstruct a complex intertextual interface of mutual influences. A significant role in it is played by the contacts of Jewish and Greco-Roman culture and 406 the literary attestations thereof. This interface, which cannot be reduced to a simple diachronic pattern, has had an important impact on European culture and deserves special attention.The first part of the paper focuses on Tale no. 143 from Hyginus’ Fabulae, the earliest preserved mythographic collection in Latin. Unfortunately, its current state is incomplete and subject to many editorial inter ventions. Thus, the identification of its sources can be complicated and involving a lot of speculation. Tale 143 about Phoroneus is considered by many researchers to be an echo of the Old Testament story about the Tower of Babel (Genesis 11:1-9). However, the comparison of the different sources for the Jewish narrative that might have been accessible to Hyginus, doesn’t suggest a direct borrowing. The tracing the interactions between Jewish, Greek, and Latin authors allows us to reconstruct a complex intertextual interface of mutual influences. A significant role in it is played by the contacts of Jewish and Greco-Roman culture and 406 the literary attestations thereof. This interface, which cannot be reduced to a simple diachronic pattern, has had an important impact on European culture and deserves special attention.

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