Autour de la Vache de Myron : de l’éloge de l’opus nobile à la réflexion sur les genres et les sujets en poésie
This article studies the possible meaning of Posidippus’ praise of Myron's Cow, a poem which occupies a central position in the andriantopoiika (epigrams on bronze statues) of the Macedonian poet. Even if Myron’s original represented a cow destinated for sacrifice, this animal statue seems to h...
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| description | This article studies the possible meaning of Posidippus’ praise of Myron's Cow, a poem which occupies a central position in the andriantopoiika (epigrams on bronze statues) of the Macedonian poet. Even if Myron’s original represented a cow destinated for sacrifice, this animal statue seems to have been associated (from an unknown date on) with the idea of peace and agricultural or pastoral activities that peace favors; in the logic of Posidippus’ collection, the statue might also have been valued because of its subject, which belongs to the bucolic world, and may have been felt to contrast with the representations of Homeric heroes that the same bronze artist created. It is argued that the humble character or bucolic dimension that some Hellenistic poets perceived in Myron's masterpiece may account for the exceptional fame of this sculpture in later poetry. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-50dfd6bda011463bb7073e10202d13b22022-12-22T02:42:05ZengENS ÉditionsAitia1775-42752020-01-0191Autour de la Vache de Myron : de l’éloge de l’opus nobile à la réflexion sur les genres et les sujets en poésieÉvelyne PriouxThis article studies the possible meaning of Posidippus’ praise of Myron's Cow, a poem which occupies a central position in the andriantopoiika (epigrams on bronze statues) of the Macedonian poet. Even if Myron’s original represented a cow destinated for sacrifice, this animal statue seems to have been associated (from an unknown date on) with the idea of peace and agricultural or pastoral activities that peace favors; in the logic of Posidippus’ collection, the statue might also have been valued because of its subject, which belongs to the bucolic world, and may have been felt to contrast with the representations of Homeric heroes that the same bronze artist created. It is argued that the humble character or bucolic dimension that some Hellenistic poets perceived in Myron's masterpiece may account for the exceptional fame of this sculpture in later poetry.http://journals.openedition.org/aitia/3500Antipater of SidonecphrasisepigramMyron of EleutheraePausiasPosidippus of Pella |
| spellingShingle | Évelyne Prioux Autour de la Vache de Myron : de l’éloge de l’opus nobile à la réflexion sur les genres et les sujets en poésie Aitia Antipater of Sidon ecphrasis epigram Myron of Eleutherae Pausias Posidippus of Pella |
| title | Autour de la Vache de Myron : de l’éloge de l’opus nobile à la réflexion sur les genres et les sujets en poésie |
| title_full | Autour de la Vache de Myron : de l’éloge de l’opus nobile à la réflexion sur les genres et les sujets en poésie |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Autour de la Vache de Myron : de l’éloge de l’opus nobile à la réflexion sur les genres et les sujets en poésie |
| title_short | Autour de la Vache de Myron : de l’éloge de l’opus nobile à la réflexion sur les genres et les sujets en poésie |
| title_sort | autour de la vache de myron de l eloge de l opus nobile a la reflexion sur les genres et les sujets en poesie |
| topic | Antipater of Sidon ecphrasis epigram Myron of Eleutherae Pausias Posidippus of Pella |
| url | http://journals.openedition.org/aitia/3500 |
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