L’erreur et la faute dans l’Histoire de la guerre de Peloponnese de Thucydide

by A. Roman

Book cover: L’erreur et la faute dans l’Histoire de la guerre de Peloponnese de Thucydide

Extent: 271 pages

Publisher: Peeters Publishers

Subjects: Classical Studies

Series: Collection d'Études Classiques

Series volume number: 24

Language: French

Paperback (Published)

(February 2012)

ISBN: 9782758401209

Price: $61.00

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If error has been the subject of studies in connection with tragedy, the theme of the infraction (error and fault) remains very little studied in the work of Thucydides. How does the historian, who affirms to objectively present the facts, address this question in a time when the notions of responsibility and culpability (blame) are subject to reevaluation? This study shows the importance of error from a didactic perspective in this work. The lexical study of the terminology express the infraction (hamartanein and adikein), establishing thus their various uses, particularly in the relationships between cities. Finally, given that these manipulations are recurrent, the form of discourse itself, as an agency of error, is also examined. By doing this, the book questions Thucydides intent in the construction of his work.


English summary: If error has been the subject of studies in connection with tragedy, the theme of the infraction (error and fault) remains very little studied in the work of Thucydides. How does the historian, who affirms to objectively present the facts, address this question in a time when the notions of responsibility and culpability are subjected to reevaluation? This study shows the importance of error from a didactic perspective in his work through the lexical study of the terminology. French text. French description: Si la faute a fait l’objet d’etudes en lien avec la tragedie, le theme de l’infraction (recouvrant, plus largement, erreur et faute) reste peu etudie dans l’oeuvre de Thucydide. Comment l’historien, qui affirme presenter les faits sans filtre, aborde-t-il cette question a une epoque o- les notions de responsabilite et de culpabilite font l’objet d’une reevaluation? Cette etude demontre la place que prend l’erreur dans la perspective didactique de l’oeuvre. L’etude lexicale des termes exprimant l’infraction (hamartanein et adikein) etablit ainsi leurs nuances d’emploi, en particulier dans les relations entre cites. Les jeux, flottements ou distorsions imposes a cette distinction dans les nombreux discours de l’oeuvre sont egalement mis au jour. Enfin, ces manipulations etant recurrentes, la forme elle-meme du discours, en tant que vecteur de l’erreur, se voit examinee. Ce faisant, cet ouvrage questionne l’intention de Thucydide dans la construction de l’oeuvre.

  • By (author) A Roman