Les boiteux, la boiterie et le pied dans la littérature grecque ancienne

First we study the taint of the lame in three mythical lame characters : Thersites, Hephaestus and Philoctetes, stemming from epic and Vth century tragedy. Their disability was depicted as degrading and social handicap. That scornful view on lameness shows that standi...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Françoise Yche-Fontanel
Format: Article
Language:fra
Published: Presses universitaires de Caen 2001-12-01
Series:Kentron
Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/kentron/2099