Why was it believed that the Aztecs greeted Cortés as a deity?

Re:Why was it believed that the Aztecs greeted Cortés as a d... by DanielBMarkham on Tuesday November 12, 2019 @11:40AM (#21515467)

Related trivia: logos initially meant story or account, as opposed to how it later evolved. So we're back to history again.

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Re:Why was it believed that the Aztecs greeted Cortés as a d... by dr_dshiv on Tuesday November 12, 2019 @01:56PM (#21516936)

Woah, logos meant so much more than that! Check Wikipedia.

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Re:Why was it believed that the Aztecs greeted Cortés as a d... by DanielBMarkham on Tuesday November 12, 2019 @02:48PM (#21517405)

Of course! In Classic Greek there's a rich and nuanced meaning that we're still mining today!

In ancient Greek, however, say 1000-650BCE or so, it's much more murky, with "story" or "account" being the best we have right now.

From Wiki, "...What logos means here is not certain; it may mean "reason" or "explanation" in the sense of an objective cosmic law, or it may signify nothing more than "saying" or "wisdom". Yet, an independent existence of a universal logos was clearly suggested by Heraclitus..."

There's a whole other story about how beginning with the Sophists and then Plato and Aristotle the word started taking on the depth it ended up with. This journey in meaning was not the topic of my comment.

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