From moira to Moirai, from épic to genealogy : historical and poetical approach on Zeus’ authority upon destiny (Iliad, Odyssey, Theogony). The representations of destiny in Greek archaic literature need to be studied from a historian’s point of view which combines poetic creation and social evolutions as well as religious beliefs. Whereas Homer’s Iliad creates an epical moira playing a key role in the visualization of aristocratic merits, the Odyssey integrates the destiny in a cosmical function, in which Zeus, previously the origin and active source of the gift of moira, becomes, as cosmic sovereign, a rather passive guardian. In fine, the genealogy of the Moirai, an elaborate poetic conception with important discursives stakes, puts forw...
Gaia and Human Endeavour in Hesiodic Theogony. In Hesiodic Theogony, the gap between gods and men af...
Within their mythical, historical or poetic context, the different versions of the Trojan kings' gen...
Within their mythical, historical or poetic context, the different versions of the Trojan kings' gen...
The Moirai, goddesses who assign the fate or “share” that will come to each person, are closely conn...
The Moirai, goddesses who assign the fate or “share” that will come to each person, are closely conn...
peer reviewedIn ancient Greece, Moirai are divine powers related to the ‘share’ that everyone receiv...
Les Moires, puissances divines de la « part » qui revient à chacun, sont étroitement liées, en Grèce...
Les Moires, puissances divines de la « part » qui revient à chacun, sont étroitement liées, en Grèce...
Dans cette thèse, on s'efforce de montrer que le destin - au sens d'un avenir annoncé ou d'une vie q...
Cette thèse porte sur le souverain de l’Outre-tombe grec, le dieu πολυώνυμος (« aux mu...
Cette thèse porte sur le souverain de l’Outre-tombe grec, le dieu πολυώνυμος (« aux mu...
Within their mythical, historical or poetic context, the different versions of the Trojan kings' gen...
Within their mythical, historical or poetic context, the different versions of the Trojan kings' gen...
Within their mythical, historical or poetic context, the different versions of the Trojan kings' gen...
Gaia and Human Endeavour in Hesiodic Theogony. In Hesiodic Theogony, the gap between gods and men af...
Gaia and Human Endeavour in Hesiodic Theogony. In Hesiodic Theogony, the gap between gods and men af...
Within their mythical, historical or poetic context, the different versions of the Trojan kings' gen...
Within their mythical, historical or poetic context, the different versions of the Trojan kings' gen...
The Moirai, goddesses who assign the fate or “share” that will come to each person, are closely conn...
The Moirai, goddesses who assign the fate or “share” that will come to each person, are closely conn...
peer reviewedIn ancient Greece, Moirai are divine powers related to the ‘share’ that everyone receiv...
Les Moires, puissances divines de la « part » qui revient à chacun, sont étroitement liées, en Grèce...
Les Moires, puissances divines de la « part » qui revient à chacun, sont étroitement liées, en Grèce...
Dans cette thèse, on s'efforce de montrer que le destin - au sens d'un avenir annoncé ou d'une vie q...
Cette thèse porte sur le souverain de l’Outre-tombe grec, le dieu πολυώνυμος (« aux mu...
Cette thèse porte sur le souverain de l’Outre-tombe grec, le dieu πολυώνυμος (« aux mu...
Within their mythical, historical or poetic context, the different versions of the Trojan kings' gen...
Within their mythical, historical or poetic context, the different versions of the Trojan kings' gen...
Within their mythical, historical or poetic context, the different versions of the Trojan kings' gen...
Gaia and Human Endeavour in Hesiodic Theogony. In Hesiodic Theogony, the gap between gods and men af...
Gaia and Human Endeavour in Hesiodic Theogony. In Hesiodic Theogony, the gap between gods and men af...
Within their mythical, historical or poetic context, the different versions of the Trojan kings' gen...
Within their mythical, historical or poetic context, the different versions of the Trojan kings' gen...