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Timothy Pearce
Theagenes of Rhegium
Theagenes of Rhegium, contemporary to Homer and Hesiod, in the 6th century BC (flourished around 525 BC), began what would become a leading attitude in the Western tradition by finding a codified, allegorical way of interpreting myths and understanding them as expressions of natural forces. Epic poems described the battling between dual elemental forces under the guise of gods and their stories. Fire was represented by Apollo, Helios and Hephaestus, water by Poseidon and Scamander, air by Hera, and also with abstract qualities – wisdom with Athene, desire with Aphrodite, reason with Hermes and folly, no less, with Ares. This equally mythical character represents a critical moment in the development of human perception.
No writing of his own remains, nor any fragments of his words.
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Freeman, Kathleen, The Pre-Socratic Philosophers, Oxford 1946.
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