Qu'est-ce qu'une mutation religieuse ?

in Bonnet, Corinne; Bricault, Laurent (Eds.) Panthée. Les mutations religieuses dans l'Empire romain / Religious transformations in the Roman Empire (in press)

Codifying ‘Sacred Laws’ in Ancient Greece

in Jaillard, Dominique; Nihan, Christophe (Eds.) Legal Codification in Ancient Greece and Ancient Israel (in press)

Compte rendu critique de H.S. Versnel, Copying with the gods, 2011

in Mnemosyne (2013), 66

Review of R.T.C. Parker, On Greek Religion, Cornell, 2011

in Bryn Mawr Classical Review [=BMCR] (2012)

Compte-rendu de l'ouvrage de Th. Morard, Horizontalité et verticalité. Le bandeau humain et le bandeau divin chez le Peintre de Darius

in Kernos : Revue Internationale et Pluridisciplinaire de Religion Grecque (2011), 24

Les Moires entre la naissance et la mort : de la représentation au culte

in Etudes de Lettres (2011), (3-4), 93-113

In ancient Greece, Moirai are divine powers related to the ‘share’ that everyone receives and mythic tales where they appear mainly associate to birth and death. As traditional spinners and weavers, such ... [more ▼]

In ancient Greece, Moirai are divine powers related to the ‘share’ that everyone receives and mythic tales where they appear mainly associate to birth and death. As traditional spinners and weavers, such goddesses rule over everyone’s life course and over the various patterns of the life thread. Cult evidence related to the Moirai is neither numerous nor explicit about their worshippers’ expectations. Nevertheless, myths and rituals are not unrelated bodies of evidence, but specific languages, which resonate inside the mental frame of poets who narrated tales and worshippers who performed rituals. Both of these aspects of the Greek knowledge about Moirai are closely interconnected and studied as such in the present work. Powers of distribution, reward and regulation, Moirai interact with the stability warranted by Zeus’ authority on a mythical level and take also part in such a balance within human communities. [less ▲]

Quand hommes et dieux faisaient la bête en pays grec

Article for general public (2011)

Revue des revues

in Kernos : Revue Internationale et Pluridisciplinaire de Religion Grecque (2011), 24

Les codes de l’adresse rituelle en Grèce : le cas des libations sans vin

in Pirenne-Delforge, Vinciane; Prescendi, Francesca (Eds.) Nourrir les dieux ? Sacrifice et représentation du divin dans les sociétés grecque et romaine (2011)

Nourricières d’immortalité : Déméter, Héra et quelques autres en pays grec

in Paedagogica Historica (2010), 46(6), 685-697

In ancient Greece, the representation of the divine and heroic world is characterised by a very sophisticated anthropomorphism. However, the suprahuman world is more than the lifelike projection of a ... [more ▼]

In ancient Greece, the representation of the divine and heroic world is characterised by a very sophisticated anthropomorphism. However, the suprahuman world is more than the lifelike projection of a human society into a higher sphere. In the discrepancies between socio-history and representation, some aspects of a divine specificity can be discerned. Accordingly, the respective roles of mother and wet nurse are not human types transported as such in the society of Greek gods. These types of human experience are “translated” at a higher level to suggest some aspects of the relationship that men want to establish with their gods. In return – and taking into account the discrepancies mentioned above – the narrative plots that feature such roles among the gods and heroes can reflect on their human counterparts and some current practices within Greek society. This paper addresses the role of the wet nurse respectively endorsed by the goddess Demeter taking care of a human baby and by the goddess Hera suckling the hero Heracles. [less ▲]