Lutte des classes et lutte des classements dans l’Iliade. Lecture historienne d’un agôn (Il., XXIII, 262‑652)
Abstrak
The content of Homeric poems has frequently been seen as clear evidence of the long‑lasting existence of an agonistic mentality in ancient Greece. Competition would have been a cardinal value. This conclusion is based on a particular manner of reading Homer. However, historians, aided by philologists, can envisage a different one. The chariot race in book 23 of the Iliad appears not as a struggle for victory, but as an institution designed to reproduce the social positions of the participants. Far from being agonistic, the Homeric world is permeated by uncertainties about the legitimacy of men exercising authority over others. This social context evokes the 8th century, and reinforces the hypothesis that this is the period of the first realization of the Homeric poems.
Topik & Kata Kunci
Penulis (1)
Christophe Pébarthe
Akses Cepat
- Tahun Terbit
- 2025
- Sumber Database
- DOAJ
- DOI
- 10.4000/14bdg
- Akses
- Open Access ✓