Vinciane Pirenne-Delforge

Gabriella Pironti

The goddess Hera is represented in mythology as an irascible wife and imperfect mother in the face of a frivolous Zeus. Beginning with the Iliad, many narrative traditions depict her wrath, the infidelities of her royal husband and the persecutions to which she subjects his illegitimate offspring. But how to relate this image to the cults of the sovereign goddess in her sanctuaries across Greece? This book uses the Hera of Zeus to open up new perspectives for understanding the society of the gods, the fate of heroes and the lives of men. As the intimate enemy of Zeus but also the fierce guardian of the legitimacy and integrity of the Olympian family, she takes shape in more subtle and complex ways that make it possible to rethink the configuration of power in ancient Greece, with the tensions that inhabited it, and thus how polytheism works.

Intimate Enemy, Ultimate Spouse

The Hera of Zeus

Rethinks the workings of polytheism in ancient Greece through exploring the goddess Hera in her complex relationship to Zeus.

Corinne Bonnet

Colette Jourdain-Annequin

En choisissant le thème du « Bestiaire d’Héraclès », la rencontre à l’origine de ce livre collectif entendait explorer, à travers la figure emblématique du héros des douze Travaux, un axe essentiel des rapports réels et imaginaires de l’homme avec son environnement naturel et culturel. Héraclès est à la fois le chasseur et la proie, le sacrificateur et la victime, dans un rapport dialectique avec les animaux qui, tantôt l’attirent vers le monde sauvage, tantôt sont gagnés, par son entremise, à la civilisation.

Vinciane Pirenne-Delforge

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