TY - JOUR
TI - Autolycus and Sisyphus – Some Words about the Category of Trickster in Ancient Mythology
AU - Dominas, Konrad
TI - Autolycus and Sisyphus – Some Words about the Category of Trickster in Ancient Mythology
AB - 
	The goal of this article is to juxtapose the trickster model suggested by William J. Hynes in the text Mapping the Characteristics of Mythic Tricksters: A Heuristic Guide with the stories of Sisyphus and Autolycus. A philological method proposed in this article is based on a way of understanding a myth narrowly, as a narrative with a specific meaning, which can be expressed in any literary genre. According to this definition, every mythology which is available today is an attempt at presenting a story of particular mythical events and the fortunes of gods and heroes. Therefore, stories about Sisyphus and Autolycus are myths that have been transformed and which in their essence may have multiple meanings and cannot be attributed to one artist. The philological method is, in this way, based on isolating all fragments of the myth relating to the above protagonists and subsequently presenting them as a coherent narrative.
VL - 2020
IS - Volume 53, Issue 3
PY - 2020
SN - 0137-2432
C1 - 2084-4077
SP - 203
EP - 212
DO - 10.4467/20844077SR.20.014.12754
UR - https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/studia-religiologica/article/autolycus-and-sisyphus-some-words-about-the-category-of-trickster-in-ancient-mythology
KW - category of trickster
KW - ancient mythology
KW - Autolycus
KW - Sisyphus
KW - ancient literature