Athens. History of a city between myth and politics.
| N° d'inventaire | 23077 |
| Format | 14.5 x 22 |
| Détails | 288 p., paperback. |
| Publication | Paris, 2020 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782379330636 |
The world of myths reveals a thought process intimately linked to everyday life. Omnipresent in Athens, they emerge in all spaces of the Greek landscape to construct the past as well as the political present. Thanks to mythology, the Athenians anchor themselves and constantly reinvent themselves. At the banquet, drinking vessels circulate among the drinkers, bringing with them a cohort of images that travel from hand to hand. On the decrees of the People's Assembly, it is Athena who, in image, echoes the text of men. On the door of the house, the father hangs, at the birth of his son, an olive wreath, which inscribes the newborn in the community of his Athenian brothers. In the theater and at the court, myths dramatize the human condition before the assembled citizens. As for Athenian coins, struck with the effigy of Athena and her symbols, they perfectly convey how difficult it is to draw a line between myth and politics. This is the whole purpose of the author, who has chosen to retrace a history of Athens between myth and politics, by recounting the speeches and images which contribute to shaping the major issues of the city.
The world of myths reveals a thought process intimately linked to everyday life. Omnipresent in Athens, they emerge in all spaces of the Greek landscape to construct the past as well as the political present. Thanks to mythology, the Athenians anchor themselves and constantly reinvent themselves. At the banquet, drinking vessels circulate among the drinkers, bringing with them a cohort of images that travel from hand to hand. On the decrees of the People's Assembly, it is Athena who, in image, echoes the text of men. On the door of the house, the father hangs, at the birth of his son, an olive wreath, which inscribes the newborn in the community of his Athenian brothers. In the theater and at the court, myths dramatize the human condition before the assembled citizens. As for Athenian coins, struck with the effigy of Athena and her symbols, they perfectly convey how difficult it is to draw a line between myth and politics. This is the whole purpose of the author, who has chosen to retrace a history of Athens between myth and politics, by recounting the speeches and images which contribute to shaping the major issues of the city.