Thambos et kharis : constructions sensorielles et expériences du divin dans les épopées homériques
In the Homeric epics, men and gods come into contact through the senses. The fact of seeing, hearing or feeling the presence of the gods arises amazement, thambos, in men. The epic performance itself, by contrast, requires kharis, a pleasure shared between men and gods, through which the latter’s pr...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | Italian |
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Salvatore Sciascia Editore
2017-12-01
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| Series: | Mythos |
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| Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/mythos/606 |
| Summary: | In the Homeric epics, men and gods come into contact through the senses. The fact of seeing, hearing or feeling the presence of the gods arises amazement, thambos, in men. The epic performance itself, by contrast, requires kharis, a pleasure shared between men and gods, through which the latter’s presence become sensible to the audience. The sensory setting of the performance was one way of provoking such a pleasure. This paper shows that the epics do not seek to reproduce the proximity between men and gods in the heroic age. Rather, it emphasizes a tension between different ways of “presentification” of the gods through the senses. |
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| ISSN: | 1972-2516 2037-7746 |