A Certain Idea of Greece.
Pocket book| N° d'inventaire | 23251 |
| Format | 11 x 18 |
| Détails | 346 p., paperback. |
| Publication | Paris, 2006 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782253111337 |
Europe and Western culture were born a little over 2,400 years ago, at the moment when a small country invented, almost in one fell swoop, literature, art, philosophy, and politics: that is the Greek miracle. Who would not wish to have at their disposal, in a single work, especially if it is easy and enjoyable to read, the essence of the message of ancient Greece? And who, better than Jacqueline de Romilly, could thus show the widest possible audience how vibrant and relevant this Greek culture is? Her numerous publications and her incessant fight for the teaching of ancient Greek have made the name of Jacqueline de Romilly familiar to all. In this new book, she has chosen the eminently Greek form of dialogue to tell the story of Greece and herself. Her interlocutor is Alexandre Grandazzi, professor of Latin literature at the Sorbonne. In these "Entretiens", which have all the liveliness of a real conversation, Alexandre Grandazzi questions Jacqueline de Romilly on all the themes she has addressed throughout her work: seven chapters, full of particularly apt phrases and never lacking in humor, allow Jacqueline de Romilly to express herself on all the subjects close to her heart. Contents: Becoming a Hellenist To Thucy for life! History of ideas: democracy History of ideas: tragedy Gods and heroes: Homer And always literature The fight for humanism
Europe and Western culture were born a little over 2,400 years ago, at the moment when a small country invented, almost in one fell swoop, literature, art, philosophy, and politics: that is the Greek miracle. Who would not wish to have at their disposal, in a single work, especially if it is easy and enjoyable to read, the essence of the message of ancient Greece? And who, better than Jacqueline de Romilly, could thus show the widest possible audience how vibrant and relevant this Greek culture is? Her numerous publications and her incessant fight for the teaching of ancient Greek have made the name of Jacqueline de Romilly familiar to all. In this new book, she has chosen the eminently Greek form of dialogue to tell the story of Greece and herself. Her interlocutor is Alexandre Grandazzi, professor of Latin literature at the Sorbonne. In these "Entretiens", which have all the liveliness of a real conversation, Alexandre Grandazzi questions Jacqueline de Romilly on all the themes she has addressed throughout her work: seven chapters, full of particularly apt phrases and never lacking in humor, allow Jacqueline de Romilly to express herself on all the subjects close to her heart. Contents: Becoming a Hellenist To Thucy for life! History of ideas: democracy History of ideas: tragedy Gods and heroes: Homer And always literature The fight for humanism