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This article discusses an inscribed monument found during rescue excavations in the ancient city of Hermione. It provides an editio princeps for the one-word inscription and discusses the symbolism of its relief depiction of a temple key. The examination of the monument is followed by a discussion proposing a new perspective on how to approach the religious milieu of ancient Hermione.
This article discusses an inscribed monument found during rescue excavations in the ancient city of Hermione. It provides an editio princeps for the one-word inscription and discusses the symbolism of its relief depiction of a temple key. The examination of the monument is followed by a discussion proposing a new perspective on how to approach the religious milieu of ancient Hermione.
Résumé L’article propose quelques réflexions sur l’habillage et les insignes du personnel cultuel dans les cités grecques, en mettant surtout l’accent sur les règles vestimentaires concernant les prêtres et les prêtresses. Il ne vise pas à une synthèse “encyclopédique” de ce sujet, mais à l’examen de certains thèmes qui, par le biais des habits, des attributs ou, plus généralement, de la parure des agents de culte, permettent de s’interroger principalement sur deux aspects : les relations qui se créent, voire la connivence qui s’établit parfois entre la puissance divine et ses serviteurs ; et, surtout, les éventuelles différences ou similitudes de la tenue “réglementaire” de ces hommes et femmes qui côtoient le divin. Abstract Title: Clothes and the insignia of the cultic agents in Greek cities : a sketch The paper offers some reflections on the dress-code and insignia of the cult personnel in Greek cities, emphasizing especially the regulations about the clothing of priests and priestesses. It does not aim at an “encyclopedic” synthesis of this subject, but at the examination of certain themes which, from the angle of the costumes, the attributes or, more generally, of the finery of the cult agents, allow us to question mainly on two aspects: the relationships, even the connivance established between the divinity and its servants; and, above all, the potential differences or similarities in the “regulatory” attire of these men and women who keep close to divine.
Résumé En croisant textes littéraires et épigraphiques à une documentation iconographique, l’article précise les caractéristiques récurrentes d’un costume rituel. Celui-ci, qualifié parfois de kosmos, est constitué d’étoffes fines fabriquées avec technicité, alliant des couleurs vives et éclatantes et des dessins aussi bien géométriques que figuratifs. La présence comme l’absence d’un tel luxe vestimentaire jouent, ainsi, un rôle fondamental au regard de la simplicité ou de l’ostentation attendues lors des opérations rituelles ; la richesse vestimentaire varie également en fonction de la divinité honorée par une cité. Puis, l’article analyse précisément le rôle de ce costume durant le spectacle que constitue une fête religieuse en Grèce ancienne. Ainsi, il montre en quoi les habits de fête servent la performance rituelle, son eukosmia, créant de la beauté et du plaisir pour faire demeurer la charis, bénéfique au succès de la fête et au commerce avec les dieux. Abstract Title: Dressing up for the gods. Festival costumes, beauty and ritual performance in ancient Greece By crossing literary and epigraphic texts with iconographic documentation, this paper points out the recurrent characteristics of a ritual costume. These clothes, sometimes referred to as kosmos, are made of fine fabrics displaying technical skills that combine bright, vivid colours with geometric and figurative patterns. The presence as well as the absence of such luxury clothes play a fundamental role in regards with the simplicity or the ostentation expected during the ritual enactments; the wealth of clothing also depends on the deity honoured by a city. Then, the paper analyses specifically the role of this costume during the performance of a religious festival in ancient Greece. Thus, it shows how festival garments serve the ritual performance, its eukosmia, creating beauty and pleasure to keep the charis, beneficial to the success of the festival and the exchange with the gods.
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