Homer a l'escola de París

Resum

This paper examines the work of Jean-Pierre Vernant as a reader and interpreter of Homer. This is not one of the aspects of the great scholar to have received most attention, with the exception of his admirable and well-known studies on «la Belle Mort» (ὁ καλὸς θάνατος), which are not discussed here. Instead, the paper focuses on two of Vernant?s later studies, «Ulysse en personne » and «Au miroir de Pénélope», which appeared in the volume Dans l?oeil du miroir, published in 1997 in collaboration with Françoise Frontisi- Ducroux. Vernant?s interpretations are assessed and in one or two minor cases an attempt is made to take them one step further.