iconoˈtropicadj. of a myth, tradition, etc., suggestive of an origin in such a misinterpretation.
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1946 R. GravesKing Jesus 356 The story of Lot and the Sodomites suggests the same ancient icon from which Herodotus derived his iconotropic account of the sacking of the Temple of the Love-goddess Astarte at Ascalon by the Scythians.