Martedì 18 ottobre, alle ore 11, la prof.ssa Christiane Zivie-Coche, Professore Emerito e Directeur d’études della sezione di Sciences Religieuses – Egypte Ancienne della École Pratique des Hautes Études di Parigi, terrà un’importante conferenza su uno dei più affascinanti miti cosmogonici dell’antico Egitto, quello dell’Ogdoade.
La conferenza, dal titolo
L’Ogdoade d’Hermopolis à Thèbes et ailleurs
ou l’invention d’un mythe
si svolgerà presso il Dipartimento di Civiltà e Forme del Sapere in via Paoli, 15 (palazzo Carità), aula 1, I piano.
La conferenza inaugura il ciclo di seminari-workshop “EST – Egyptological Seminars under the Tower”, che proseguiranno con un programma assai ricco nel corso del 2017, già a partire da gennaio. Seguiteci!
Abstract
L’Ogdoade/les Khemenyou, « les Huit de la ville de Khemenou (Hermopolis) » ont joué un rôle important dans les théologies des temples ptolémaïques, à Thèbes, au Fayoum, et ailleurs. Il est nécessaire de remonter jusqu’à leurs premières manifestations au Nouvel Empire pour comprendre l’évolution de leurs fonctions et l’apparition de leur mythe de dieux créateurs et de dieux morts. Cette analyse met en lumière la transformation de ces entités divines, de leurs mythes et de leur théologie au cours de leur longue histoire.
The role of the Ogdoad/Khemenyu, « The Eight of the town Khemenu (Hermopolis) » was crucial in the theologies of Ptolemaic temples, in Thebes, Fayum and other places. We have to go back to their first manifestations during the New Kingdom in order to understand the evolution of their functions and the creation of their own myth as cosmogonic gods and dead gods. This analysis underlines the transformation of these divine entities, of their myths and their theology during their long history.
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