Les polythéismes antiques aux IVe et Ve siècles: Antioche, un observatoire privilégié ?
Antioch was not, from the 4th century, the predominantly Christian metropolis that is generally presented, a city where traditional religion was only a survival and where the "last pagans" took refuge in clandestinity. With the help of numerous sources, which must be compared, we must reop...
| Published in: | Mythos |
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| Subtitles: | I culti politeisti nella Tarda Antichità: spazi, pratiche e discorsi |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | French |
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Salvatore Sciascia EDITO R. E.
2023
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Mythos
Year: 2023, Volume: 17, Pages: 1-17 |
| Further subjects: | B
Antioche
B identités mouvantes B jeu religieux B Libanios B moving identities B Libanius B religious game B adaptability B adaptabilité B Antioch |
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| Summary: | Antioch was not, from the 4th century, the predominantly Christian metropolis that is generally presented, a city where traditional religion was only a survival and where the "last pagans" took refuge in clandestinity. With the help of numerous sources, which must be compared, we must reopen the question of polytheistic manifestations and ask ourselves "how did one become a pagan in the 4th and 5th centuries?" The analysis raises several paradoxes: the first puts in tension the attachment to tradition and certain reinterpretations of religious practices; the second follows the - moving - limit between licit and illicit; the third opposes discourse and practice, which is particularly illustrated by the rhetorician Libanios, a first-rate testimony on the situation of a pagan in late Antioch. Antioche ne fut pas, dès le IVe siècle, la métropole majoritairement chrétienne que l’on présente généralement, une cité où la religion traditionnelle n’aurait plus figuré qu’à titre de survivance et où les « derniers païens » se seraient réfugiés dans la clandestinité. À l’aide de sources nombreuses, à confronter, il faut reposer la question des manifestations polythéistes et se demander « comment est-on païen aux IVe et Ve siècles ? ». L’analyse soulève en effet plusieurs paradoxes : le premier met en tension l’attachement à la tradition et certaines réinterprétations des pratiques religieuses ; le second suit la limite - mouvante - entre licite et illicite ; le troisième oppose discours et pratique, ce qu’illustre particulièrement le rhéteur Libanios, témoignage de premier plan sur la situation d’un païen dans l’Antioche tardive. |
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| ISSN: | 2037-7746 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Università degli studi di Palermo. Dipartimento culture e società, Mythos
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