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La grandeur de l'homme au temps de Périclès
La grandeur de l'homme au temps de Périclès
123 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2010
About the author
Jacqueline de Romilly
97 books40 followersJacqueline Worms de Romilly (March 26, 1913-December 18, 2010) was a French philologist, Classical scholar and writer of fiction of Jewish ancestry.
Born in Chartres, Eure-et-Loir, she studied at the lycée Molière, where she was the winner of the Concours général de latin and took the second prize in Greek in 1930. She then prepared for the École Normale Supérieure at the lycée Louis-le-Grand. She entered ENS Ulm in the class of 1933. She then passed the agrégation of Classics in 1936, and became a doctor of letters in 1947.
After having taught for some time in a school, she became a professor first at the University of Lille and subsequently at the Sorbonne (from 1957 to 1973). She was then elevated to the chair of Greek and the development of moral and political thought at the Collège de France — the first woman nominated to this prestigious institution. In 1988, she was the second woman (after Marguerite Yourcenar) to enter the Académie française, being elected to Chair #7, previously occupied by André Roussin. In 1995, she obtained Greek nationality and in 2000 was nominated Ambassador of Hellenism by the Greek government.
She was at one time president of the Association Guillaume Budé, and remains the honorary president of that institution.
Born in Chartres, Eure-et-Loir, she studied at the lycée Molière, where she was the winner of the Concours général de latin and took the second prize in Greek in 1930. She then prepared for the École Normale Supérieure at the lycée Louis-le-Grand. She entered ENS Ulm in the class of 1933. She then passed the agrégation of Classics in 1936, and became a doctor of letters in 1947.
After having taught for some time in a school, she became a professor first at the University of Lille and subsequently at the Sorbonne (from 1957 to 1973). She was then elevated to the chair of Greek and the development of moral and political thought at the Collège de France — the first woman nominated to this prestigious institution. In 1988, she was the second woman (after Marguerite Yourcenar) to enter the Académie française, being elected to Chair #7, previously occupied by André Roussin. In 1995, she obtained Greek nationality and in 2000 was nominated Ambassador of Hellenism by the Greek government.
She was at one time president of the Association Guillaume Budé, and remains the honorary president of that institution.
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April 11, 2020
Très facile à lire pour la néophyte que je suis, ce texte m'a replongé dans les analyses que les profs on tenté de m'apprendre à faire en littérature au lycée et en début d'études, et auxquelles j'ai résisté avec tant d'énergie. Je les redécouvre, ces analyses, avec ce texte de Jacqueline de Romilly, et je lui suis reconnaissante de me faire apparaître si clairement l'intelligence et la pertinence de textes vieux de plus de 2000 ans.
Je n'ai plus qu'une envie après avoir bouclé ce livre : lire Thucydide et Sophocle et Euripide, et apprécier avec un recul nouveau ces œuvres et ce qu'elles ont toujours à nous apprendre.
Je n'ai plus qu'une envie après avoir bouclé ce livre : lire Thucydide et Sophocle et Euripide, et apprécier avec un recul nouveau ces œuvres et ce qu'elles ont toujours à nous apprendre.
November 20, 2023
J'étais hésitante au début à l'idée de lire un livre sur les auteurs grecs, mais finalement c'était génial. Ça donne vraiment envie de lire certains auteurs (Thucydide), et je crois que l'auteur a bien réussi son but. On se rend aussi compte que l'histoire est un éternel recommencement et que ce qui était vrai il y a 2500 ans l'est toujours aujourd'hui.
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