Les Nymphes dans la Théogonie hésiodique
The word numphè occurs four times only in the Theogony. Nymphs are first mentioned as mountain inhabitants, then Hesiod tells us about the birth of the Melian Nymphs on occasion of Ouranos’s castration. Lastly, the term numphè is, surprisingly enough, twice applied to the monstrous Echidna. The naia...
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| description | The word numphè occurs four times only in the Theogony. Nymphs are first mentioned as mountain inhabitants, then Hesiod tells us about the birth of the Melian Nymphs on occasion of Ouranos’s castration. Lastly, the term numphè is, surprisingly enough, twice applied to the monstrous Echidna. The naiads are not referred to but the Oceanids, though not described as numphai, seem to fulfill some of their functions. Creatures of intermediary status, the Nymphs appear as powers mediating between the divine and the human sphere ; finally they seem to have a scanty place in a primarily theogonic statement, which notably explains how men separated themselves from the gods. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-34c6e59ced2544a4b43e87d12a3e343d2023-02-09T16:31:40ZfraPresses universitaires du MidiPallas0031-03872272-76392011-03-018510911710.4000/pallas.3285Les Nymphes dans la Théogonie hésiodiqueSébastien DalmonThe word numphè occurs four times only in the Theogony. Nymphs are first mentioned as mountain inhabitants, then Hesiod tells us about the birth of the Melian Nymphs on occasion of Ouranos’s castration. Lastly, the term numphè is, surprisingly enough, twice applied to the monstrous Echidna. The naiads are not referred to but the Oceanids, though not described as numphai, seem to fulfill some of their functions. Creatures of intermediary status, the Nymphs appear as powers mediating between the divine and the human sphere ; finally they seem to have a scanty place in a primarily theogonic statement, which notably explains how men separated themselves from the gods.http://journals.openedition.org/pallas/3285nymphsOceanidsMelian nymphsEchidnaHesiodTheogony |
| spellingShingle | Sébastien Dalmon Les Nymphes dans la Théogonie hésiodique Pallas nymphs Oceanids Melian nymphs Echidna Hesiod Theogony |
| title | Les Nymphes dans la Théogonie hésiodique |
| title_full | Les Nymphes dans la Théogonie hésiodique |
| title_fullStr | Les Nymphes dans la Théogonie hésiodique |
| title_full_unstemmed | Les Nymphes dans la Théogonie hésiodique |
| title_short | Les Nymphes dans la Théogonie hésiodique |
| title_sort | les nymphes dans la theogonie hesiodique |
| topic | nymphs Oceanids Melian nymphs Echidna Hesiod Theogony |
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