La démesure à l’œuvre dans les mythes de fléaux et de fin du monde

Using a corpus of texts about scourges (Hesiod, The Cypria, Lucian, Nonnos and Sibylline Oracles) as well as passages from Mesopotamian and biblical literature (Genesis), the author establishes the following point: immoderation is an intrinsic part of every scourge. I...

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Main Author: Christine Dumas-Reungoat
Format: Article
Language:fra
Published: Presses universitaires de Caen 2006-12-01
Series:Kentron
Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/kentron/1768