Iliade: Tome III : Chants XIII-XVIII. (Collection Des Universites De France Serie Grecque)

by Homer

Louee depuis l'Antiquite la plus haute, l'Iliade, de meme que l'Odyssee, n'a jamais cesse d'etre chantee, apprise et commentee par des generations de lecteurs fervents. Chantes par les aedes dans toutes les cours aristocratiques, les quelques 16000 vers de l'Iliade relatent cependant une periode tres breve des evenements de la Guerre de Troie, la destruction de la cite de Priam, autour d'un personnage central, l'ombrageux Achille. Curieuse tradition que celle qui choisit de fonder sa culture sur la chute d'une autre, ainsi que sur le recit de vaines querelles, tant humaines que divines ! Les paradoxes lies a l'Iliade sont l'oeuvre la plus connues de l'Antiquite, dont les manuscrits sont les plus nombreux, est aussi une des plus obscures. Rares sont les certitudes, notamment en ce qui concerne l'auteur de l'Iliade aurait vecu en Ionie, peut-etre au milieu du VIIIeme siecle, mais, malgre les hypotheses plethoriques des homerisants, force est de constater que tout le reste est litterature ! Reste le texte, bien pour l'eternite , selon l'expression de Thucydide, et l'un des plus grands chefs-d'oeuvre de la culture europeenne. A ce tresor de la litterature grecque, il fallait un ecrin, et l'edition de Paul Mazon en est un de choix. Celle-ci rassemble en quatre volumes les 24 chants de l'Iliade auxquels il convient d'ajouter un volume d'introduction generale. La toujours belle et fidele traduction de Paul Mazon est secondee par l'erudition, entre autres, de Pierre Chantraine. Des notes accompagnent la lecture, tandis que chaque tome est precede d'une preface qui lui est propre. Le lecteur soucieux d'approfondir trouvera dans l'Introduction generale un etat des lieux de la question homerique ainsi que de precieuses remarques linguistiques. Le tome IV contient en outre un Index. Texte etabli et traduit par P. Mazon, avec la collaboration de P. Chantraine, P. Collart et R. Langumier. Introduction.Tome Chants I-VI.Tome Chants VII-XII. Tome Chants XIII-XVIII. Tome Chants XIX-XXIV.

367 pages, Paperback

Published September 1, 2002

About the author

Homer (Greek: Όμηρος born c. 8th century BC) was a Greek poet who is credited as the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, two epic poems that are foundational works of ancient Greek literature. Homer is considered one of the most revered and influential authors in history.
Homer's Iliad centers on a quarrel between King Agamemnon and the warrior Achilles during the last year of the Trojan War. The Odyssey chronicles the ten-year journey of Odysseus, king of Ithaca, back to his home after the fall of Troy. The poems are in Homeric Greek, also known as Epic Greek, a literary language which shows a mixture of features of the Ionic and Aeolic dialects from different centuries; the predominant influence is Eastern Ionic. Most researchers believe that the poems were originally transmitted orally. Despite being predominantly known for its tragic and serious themes, the Homeric poems also contain instances of comedy and laughter.
Homer's epic poems shaped aspects of ancient Greek culture and education, fostering ideals of heroism, glory, and honor. To Plato, Homer was simply the one who "has taught Greece" (τὴν Ἑλλάδα πεπαίδευκεν). In Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy, Virgil refers to Homer as "Poet sovereign", king of all poets; in the preface to his translation of the Iliad, Alexander Pope acknowledges that Homer has always been considered the "greatest of poets". From antiquity to the present day, Homeric epics have inspired many famous works of literature, music, art, and film.
The question of by whom, when, where and under what circumstances the Iliad and Odyssey were composed continues to be debated. Scholars remain divided as to whether the two works are the product of a single author. It is thought that the poems were composed at some point around the late eighth or early seventh century BC. Many accounts of Homer's life circulated in classical antiquity; the most widespread account was that he was a blind bard from Ionia, a region of central coastal Anatolia in present-day Turkey. Modern scholars consider these accounts legendary.

French: Homère, Italian: Omero, Portuguese, Spanish: Homero.

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[Rikke Aaroe · Rating 2 out of 5]

God historie men langtrukken fortælling. Større og mere uoverskueligt personregister end selv russiske romaner, men uden en oversigt.