Les Deipnosophistes, livre XII

Les plaisirs

by Athenee and introduction and notes by Anne-Marie Ozanam, translated by Anne-Marie Ozanam

Book cover: Les Deipnosophistes, livre XII

Extent: 200 pages

Publisher: Les Belles Lettres

Subjects: Classical Studies, Philosophy

Language: French

Paperback (Published)

(February 2025)

ISBN: 9782251456836

4.29 x 7.09 inches

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Ne en 170 apres J.-C. en Egypte, Athenee appartenait a la communaute grecque de Naucratis. Il vecut pourtant a Rome. Voila a peu pres les seuls renseignements dignes de foi que nous ayons sur l’auteur des Deipnosophistes, ou Banquet des sophistes, precieux temoignage a la fois d’une forme litteraire et d’un mode de sociabilite particulierement fecond dans l’Antiquite : le banquet. A la fin du repas, les convives abordent des sujets tres varies et font entendre les fragments d’oeuvres qu’ils connaissent par coeur, mais dont la voix s’est effacee pour nous. Les Deipnosophistes constituent donc une sorte de bibliotheque fantome. Consacre aux plaisirs, le livre XII offre une reflexion, entierement menee par Athenee, sur les individus celebres pour s’etre adonnes au plaisir. Selon lui, le plaisir est lie a toutes sortes de vices. Les hommes s’enivrent et perdent souvent toute virilite en se fardant et en se parfumant. Et surtout, le plaisir estsource d’une hubris qui peut conduire au meurtre – les histoires violentes abondent dans ce livre. Dans la derniere histoire, le lien entre plaisir et folie offre une conclusion piquante : le plaisir ne serait-il jamais si grand que lorsqu’on a perdu la raison ?

By (author) Athenee
Introduction and notes by Anne-Marie Ozanam
Translated by Anne-Marie Ozanam

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