La représentation d’Ulysse et de Polyphème dans la mosaïque romaine. Analyses et comparaisons
The Representation of Ulysses and Polyphemus in Roman Mosaics. Analyses and Comparisons In Homer’s Odyssey, whilst Ulysses is staying at the court of the Pheacians, he narrates his past adventures, in particular his encounter with the Cyclops, Polyphemus. The obvious physical imbalance between th...
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In Homer’s Odyssey, whilst Ulysses is staying at the court of the Pheacians, he narrates his past adventures, in particular his encounter with the Cyclops, Polyphemus. The obvious physical imbalance between the two protagonists provides moral justification for recourse to guile, to metis, rather than engaging in a regular combat. In this paper, we have chosen to further exploit mosaics representing Ulysses inebriating Polyphemus for the sole purpose of revisiting the documentation by focusing on comparable works - sculptures, paintings and minor arts - in order to put forward a few hypotheses. We will take a look in turn at the role played by the
sculptures of the Hellenistic period, the influence of Aristotle’s unity of action and unity of time, ending with the different depictions of Polyphemus’ organs of sight – at times « monocular » or « triocular » – in attempt to elicit their iconographical meaning. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-05cfa36a618f4f7c8b008513d2b78f9b2023-02-15T16:20:40ZdeuBursa Uludağ University Mosaic Research CentreJournal of Mosaic Research1309-047X2619-91652020-11-011328129410.26658/jmr.782456La représentation d’Ulysse et de Polyphème dans la mosaïque romaine. Analyses et comparaisonsVéronique VASSAL0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6320-3337chercheur associé, Equipe ArScAn-Archéologie du Monde grec et systèmes d’information UMR 7041 Archéologies et Sciences de l’Antiquité CNRS - Université de Paris I - Université de Paris Ouest-Nanterre - Ministère de la Culture Maison René Ginouvès. 157, rue de Charenton 75012 Paris, FranceThe Representation of Ulysses and Polyphemus in Roman Mosaics. Analyses and Comparisons In Homer’s Odyssey, whilst Ulysses is staying at the court of the Pheacians, he narrates his past adventures, in particular his encounter with the Cyclops, Polyphemus. The obvious physical imbalance between the two protagonists provides moral justification for recourse to guile, to metis, rather than engaging in a regular combat. In this paper, we have chosen to further exploit mosaics representing Ulysses inebriating Polyphemus for the sole purpose of revisiting the documentation by focusing on comparable works - sculptures, paintings and minor arts - in order to put forward a few hypotheses. We will take a look in turn at the role played by the sculptures of the Hellenistic period, the influence of Aristotle’s unity of action and unity of time, ending with the different depictions of Polyphemus’ organs of sight – at times « monocular » or « triocular » – in attempt to elicit their iconographical meaning.https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/1247297mosaicsulyssespolyphemuscyclopsmetis |
| spellingShingle | Véronique VASSAL La représentation d’Ulysse et de Polyphème dans la mosaïque romaine. Analyses et comparaisons Journal of Mosaic Research mosaics ulysses polyphemus cyclops metis |
| title | La représentation d’Ulysse et de Polyphème dans la mosaïque romaine. Analyses et comparaisons |
| title_full | La représentation d’Ulysse et de Polyphème dans la mosaïque romaine. Analyses et comparaisons |
| title_fullStr | La représentation d’Ulysse et de Polyphème dans la mosaïque romaine. Analyses et comparaisons |
| title_full_unstemmed | La représentation d’Ulysse et de Polyphème dans la mosaïque romaine. Analyses et comparaisons |
| title_short | La représentation d’Ulysse et de Polyphème dans la mosaïque romaine. Analyses et comparaisons |
| title_sort | la representation d ulysse et de polypheme dans la mosaique romaine analyses et comparaisons |
| topic | mosaics ulysses polyphemus cyclops metis |
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