The Derveni Papyrus.
The Beautiful Letters| N° d'inventaire | 25654 |
| Format | 15 x 21.5 |
| Détails | 166 p., paperback with flaps. |
| Publication | Paris, 2003 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782251324340 |
"Truth of Myths" Collection.
Discovered in 1962, the Derveni Papyrus is the oldest papyrus found in mainland Greece. It has not yet been officially published. However, an unofficial edition appeared at the end of issue 47 of the Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik in 1982. In 2002, in issue 141 of the same journal, R. Janko provided a provisional edition. Currently, only the English translation by A. Laks and G. Most, based on the 1982 edition revised by K. Tsantsanoglou, exists.
Here, accompanied by a commentary and provided with a reasoned lexicon, we will find the first complete French translation of this text which first offers a commentary on certain religious practices, then develops a cosmological interpretation of what would be the first version of the Orphic theogony.
The antiquity of the papyrus, its references to Orphism, its philosophical considerations which notably allow the reconstruction of a fragment of Heraclitus and the virtuosity of its exegesis, make this document a testimony of incomparable interest for the history of religion, philosophy and literature in classical Antiquity.
Fabienne Jourdan teaches the history of ancient philosophy at the University of Paris I.
"Truth of Myths" Collection.
Discovered in 1962, the Derveni Papyrus is the oldest papyrus found in mainland Greece. It has not yet been officially published. However, an unofficial edition appeared at the end of issue 47 of the Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik in 1982. In 2002, in issue 141 of the same journal, R. Janko provided a provisional edition. Currently, only the English translation by A. Laks and G. Most, based on the 1982 edition revised by K. Tsantsanoglou, exists.
Here, accompanied by a commentary and provided with a reasoned lexicon, we will find the first complete French translation of this text which first offers a commentary on certain religious practices, then develops a cosmological interpretation of what would be the first version of the Orphic theogony.
The antiquity of the papyrus, its references to Orphism, its philosophical considerations which notably allow the reconstruction of a fragment of Heraclitus and the virtuosity of its exegesis, make this document a testimony of incomparable interest for the history of religion, philosophy and literature in classical Antiquity.
Fabienne Jourdan teaches the history of ancient philosophy at the University of Paris I.