| 单词 | iconotropy |
| 释义 | iconotropy|aɪkəˈnɒtrəpɪ|
[f. Gr. εἰκών, εἰκον- icon + τροπή a turn, turning: cf. trope.]
The misinterpretation by one cult of the icons, etc., of another (earlier) cult, so as to bring the beliefs and myths depicted into accord with those of the later cult. Hence iconoˈtropic a., of a myth, tradition, etc., suggestive of an origin in such a misinterpretation.
1946R. Graves King Jesus 355 A similar technique of misinterpretation—let us call it iconotropy—was adopted in ancient Greece as a means of confirming Olympian religious myths at the expense of the Minoan ones which they superseded... In iconotropy the icons are not defaced or altered, but merely interpreted in a sense hostile to the original cult. Ibid. 356 The story of Lot and the Sodomites suggests the same ancient icon from which Herodotus derived his iconotropic account of the sacking of the Temple of the Love-goddess Astarte at Ascalon by the Scythians. 1955― Greek Myths I. 21 If some myths are baffling at first sight, this is often because the mythographer has accidentally or deliberately misinterpreted a sacred picture or dramatic rite. I have called such a process ‘iconotropy’... Greek myth teems with iconotropic instances. 1958Observer 7 Sept. 18/8 Professor Webster appears to subscribe to Mr. Robert Graves's theory of iconotropy, or the misinterpretation of myths from visual sources. |
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