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Homeric Kinship On The Margins Of The Oikos, Tim Wright
Homeric Kinship On The Margins Of The Oikos, Tim Wright
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Homeric scholarship has a long history, dating back to the 19th century, of elucidating Homeric poetry through examining its kinship structures and how kinship is performed. Of particular note has been the focus on the father-child dynamic both per se and with respect to its widespread use as a prototype for a diverse range of relationships. Agamemnon, for example, can be profitably viewed as a kind of dysfunctional father to the Achaeans, and many of the Odyssey’s characters are implicitly judged based on the extent to which they fill the role of the gentle father (ēpios patēr) …
Figures Du Monarque Et Imaginaire Tyrannique Chez La Fontaine, Hafida Bencherif
Figures Du Monarque Et Imaginaire Tyrannique Chez La Fontaine, Hafida Bencherif
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Pour La Fontaine, la fable est un genre où se réalise la réactualisation de l’apologue ésopique, à travers laquelle il a su maintenir une parole libérée de toute oppression mais déguisée par celle de l’animal fabuleux, afin de condamner les vices de la cour de Louis XIV. Cette thèse se donne pour objectif principal la saisie de la conception du pouvoir monarchique à travers la figure du Monarque et l’imaginaire tyrannique dans la fable « Les Compagnons d’Ulysse » et autres. Pour ce faire nous appréhendons la vision du pouvoir se dégageant de la réécriture de l’épisode du voyage d’Ulysse …
The Acrobatic Body In Ancient Greek Society, Jonathan R. Vickers
The Acrobatic Body In Ancient Greek Society, Jonathan R. Vickers
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In this thesis I collate the textual, artistic, and material evidence for acrobatics in sport and spectacle in Archaic, Classical, and Hellenistic Greece, and analyze gymnastic performances with regard to their respective socio-cultural contexts. I develop the theoretical perspective that all body movement is socially qualified in order to demonstrate how the extreme manipulations of an acrobatic body carry particular social meaning: in sport, the male acrobatic body approaches superhumanism, and in spectacle the female acrobatic body approaches subhumanism. I argue, on the one hand, that men’s tumbling took place at the early Panathenaia festival in Athens, both in martial …