Apr 2018
In Ancient Greece, the concept of autochthones
(from Ancient Greek αὐτός autos "self,"
and χθών khthon "soil"; i.e. "people
sprung from earth itself") means the
original inhabitants of a country
as
opposed to settlers, and those of their
descendants who kept themselves free from an admixture of foreign peoples.
In mythology, autochthones are those
mortals who have sprung from the soil,
rocks and trees. They are rooted and belong to the land eternally.
An autochthon is not the same
as the offspring of Gaia, called gegenes (earth-born),
although
later the terms have been conflated.
(from Ancient Greek αὐτός autos "self,"
and χθών khthon "soil"; i.e. "people
sprung from earth itself") means the
original inhabitants of a country
as
opposed to settlers, and those of their
descendants who kept themselves free from an admixture of foreign peoples.
In mythology, autochthones are those
mortals who have sprung from the soil,
rocks and trees. They are rooted and belong to the land eternally.
An autochthon is not the same
as the offspring of Gaia, called gegenes (earth-born),
although
later the terms have been conflated.
It is clear from the Ancient Greek play, Prometheus Bound, commonly attributed to Aeschylus, that primitive men were supposed to have at first lived like animals in caves and woods, till by the help of the gods and heroes they were raised to a stage of civilization. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autochthon_(ancient_Greece)
