IPOTESI TEMERARIE SU BUREBISTA: ‘VIA SECCA’ O ‘VIA UMIDA’?
THE ALCHEMY OF THE PATHS TO/AGAINST WINE IN BUREBISTA 'S TIME

Summary/Abstract: In a binary game of metaphors, the alchemists symbolized the two ways of escape from spiritual torpor: the dry path, which ”washes with fire”, and the wet path, which ”burns with water”. These are complementary possibilities, albeit at the antipodes, to achieve the same goal. The dry way leverages the individual `s own strength, the wet path does not with mortifications. It aims to exploit, knowing their powers and limits, the vital fluids of body that propitiate the so-called qualitative leap. These two paths are studied in the context of Burebista`s decision to cut the grapevine and opt for a wine-free life of his subjects, as stated by Strabo `s "Geōgraphiká".

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