Le combat d’Amour et de Pan : lutte ludique et érotique
The wrestling fight between Eros and Pan evokes the conflicting relationships between the different facets of love. It also contributes to the conception of an all-powerful, tyrannical and childish Love. On Roman mosaics, the scene is often transposed from a mythologi...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | fra |
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Presses universitaires du Midi
2022-10-01
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| Series: | Pallas |
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| Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/pallas/25329 |
| Summary: | The wrestling fight between Eros and Pan evokes the conflicting relationships between the different facets of love. It also contributes to the conception of an all-powerful, tyrannical and childish Love. On Roman mosaics, the scene is often transposed from a mythological context to a palaestra environment, a place of play and rivalry par excellence. This article aims to understand the implications of this mix of genre, through the study of two mosaics in Lyon and Piazza Armerina. The playful fight between the two divinities becomes a parodic allegory (antagonism between animal desire and love, omnipotence of love, but also a parody of gymnasium eroticism and athletic wrestling). |
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| ISSN: | 0031-0387 2272-7639 |