Jacqueline de Romilly, specialista di civiltà e lingua greca, prima donna professore Academy of France, has died aged 97 in hospital Ambroise-Pare de Boulogne-Billancourt. He was the dean after the death last year, by Claude Levi-Strauss. "Greece is in mourning today," says Minister of greek culture.
Although he was ill for a long time, his death was a great shock to all his friends, as stated by the publisher Bernard Fallois. The teacher in fact embodied in France, the passion and the study of classical-humanist culture, and during his career sessanta'anni has written a considerable impact on the civilization of ancient Athens, from which all is built: philosophy, history, tragedy, comedy, sofismo…
Tucidide, uno degli uomini della sua vita
Piena di ammirazione per l’antica civiltà greca, che non finiva mai di stupirla, Jacqueline de Romilly ha lavorato molto sullo storico Tucidide, che lei stessa chiamava »Uno degli uomini della mia vita », ma anche su Omero, Eschilo ed Euripide. Ma ha scritto pure un libro sulla Provenza e quattro volumi di novelle.
« Mi rammmarico profondamente che oggi non lavoriamo abbastanza per la formazione e lo sviluppo della cultura attraverso i testi e la profondità dei grandi autori, perdendo così un contatto prezioso con quello che altri hanno pensato prima di noi » dichiarava Jacqueline de Romilly.
Quelli che hanno incontrato questa small white-haired lady, they have discovered that the Greeks made her so happy that seemed pervaded by a profound inner calm, passionate and full of humor, despite the c ecità that plagued for years. Jacqueline de Romilly
was born in Chartres. His father, a jew, a philosopher, was killed at the front when she was one year. He was raised by her mother, who was a novelist. He will meet a man she said "for three quarters jew", but he divorced. The name of his family stems from the fact that the Worms in the French Revolution, the original name, had bought the castle of Romilly, so we called it: Worms for Romilly.
A society that forgets Homer will eventually forget Voltaire
more interested in the aspect of modernity than to that of the Greek mythology, who also loved and deepened with real passion, Jacqueline de Romilly was full of admiration for this ancient Greek civilization was primarily because the great merit - in what the essential elements of its modernity - to have invented the "democracy", even though it excluded certain social categories such as women and slaves.
you so, so that she could speak of the relevance of this period of ancient history with that of Europe today!
And he observed: "We want the Children know the world around them. But what wonders for them to discover another world, different from that in which we are surrounded! Why think that we can derive benefits from a meeting with someone today in the life "real" and not from tête-à-tête with Hector and Andromache? '. Jacqueline de Romilly
regretted that the body of knowledge is undermined today by utilitarianism. A society that forgets Homer will eventually forget Voltaire, he said and took the view that the ancient greek should be accessible to all. In fact she wrote the second edition of 'Dealing with ancient greek "chef u an unexpected bestseller.
Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor
Only a "handful" of women deserves - Jacqueline said with mischievous irony - the life that I wish I had: the Jews under the occupation, which ended only with no children and no family, but with a career as a professor since in every "corner" as I had desired.
No nostalgia, no regret, therefore, in this intellectual who considered humans to recover, to right and, with the help of the past, invent something better.. " The Greeks
contemporary worship and often expressed their gratitude. And corresponding member of the Academy of Athens, Jacqueline de Romilly had obtained the nationality grec ring 1995 and was appointed Ambassador of Hellenism in 2000.
It 's a loss for our country
"He suffered greatly from a few tens of years to see studies of this language for you and this decline has been a huge pain." Gave up "France Info" Hélène Carrère d'Encausse, secretary of the French, adding that so miles to commemorate the scholar "would be to give greater importance to the Greek language, of which she was the greatest defender in our (the French) country" and concluded "It 's a loss for our country. '.
'By Jacqueline de Romilly off a great humanist, whose word will be missed, but we can and must grow through the many testimonies that she leaves us, "said Nicolas Sarkozy in his statement. And Francois Fillon has expressed his "pain" pewr the loss of "this lady who had a brilliant career. "
Although he was ill for a long time, his death was a great shock to all his friends, as stated by the publisher Bernard Fallois. The teacher in fact embodied in France, the passion and the study of classical-humanist culture, and during his career sessanta'anni has written a considerable impact on the civilization of ancient Athens, from which all is built: philosophy, history, tragedy, comedy, sofismo…
Tucidide, uno degli uomini della sua vita
Piena di ammirazione per l’antica civiltà greca, che non finiva mai di stupirla, Jacqueline de Romilly ha lavorato molto sullo storico Tucidide, che lei stessa chiamava »Uno degli uomini della mia vita », ma anche su Omero, Eschilo ed Euripide. Ma ha scritto pure un libro sulla Provenza e quattro volumi di novelle.
« Mi rammmarico profondamente che oggi non lavoriamo abbastanza per la formazione e lo sviluppo della cultura attraverso i testi e la profondità dei grandi autori, perdendo così un contatto prezioso con quello che altri hanno pensato prima di noi » dichiarava Jacqueline de Romilly.
Quelli che hanno incontrato questa small white-haired lady, they have discovered that the Greeks made her so happy that seemed pervaded by a profound inner calm, passionate and full of humor, despite the c ecità that plagued for years. Jacqueline de Romilly
was born in Chartres. His father, a jew, a philosopher, was killed at the front when she was one year. He was raised by her mother, who was a novelist. He will meet a man she said "for three quarters jew", but he divorced. The name of his family stems from the fact that the Worms in the French Revolution, the original name, had bought the castle of Romilly, so we called it: Worms for Romilly.
A society that forgets Homer will eventually forget Voltaire
more interested in the aspect of modernity than to that of the Greek mythology, who also loved and deepened with real passion, Jacqueline de Romilly was full of admiration for this ancient Greek civilization was primarily because the great merit - in what the essential elements of its modernity - to have invented the "democracy", even though it excluded certain social categories such as women and slaves.
you so, so that she could speak of the relevance of this period of ancient history with that of Europe today!
And he observed: "We want the Children know the world around them. But what wonders for them to discover another world, different from that in which we are surrounded! Why think that we can derive benefits from a meeting with someone today in the life "real" and not from tête-à-tête with Hector and Andromache? '. Jacqueline de Romilly
regretted that the body of knowledge is undermined today by utilitarianism. A society that forgets Homer will eventually forget Voltaire, he said and took the view that the ancient greek should be accessible to all. In fact she wrote the second edition of 'Dealing with ancient greek "chef u an unexpected bestseller.
Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor
Only a "handful" of women deserves - Jacqueline said with mischievous irony - the life that I wish I had: the Jews under the occupation, which ended only with no children and no family, but with a career as a professor since in every "corner" as I had desired.
No nostalgia, no regret, therefore, in this intellectual who considered humans to recover, to right and, with the help of the past, invent something better.. " The Greeks
contemporary worship and often expressed their gratitude. And corresponding member of the Academy of Athens, Jacqueline de Romilly had obtained the nationality grec ring 1995 and was appointed Ambassador of Hellenism in 2000.
It 's a loss for our country
"He suffered greatly from a few tens of years to see studies of this language for you and this decline has been a huge pain." Gave up "France Info" Hélène Carrère d'Encausse, secretary of the French, adding that so miles to commemorate the scholar "would be to give greater importance to the Greek language, of which she was the greatest defender in our (the French) country" and concluded "It 's a loss for our country. '.
'By Jacqueline de Romilly off a great humanist, whose word will be missed, but we can and must grow through the many testimonies that she leaves us, "said Nicolas Sarkozy in his statement. And Francois Fillon has expressed his "pain" pewr the loss of "this lady who had a brilliant career. "
rosalia de old : free translation from the French part of Le Figaro, 19/12/2010 Mise à jour: 14:26
The statement titled "Hommage à Jacqueline de Romilly," contains al suo inizio, the word seguenti:
life and work of Jacqueline de Romilly are bathed in a pulsed light sources of a high civilization - Greek civilization - a flame that has passed and maintained its full life until his last breath.
Jacqueline de Romilly has contributed much to building intellectual young generation, education of the general public through his many books, only the liberation of women through the example she gave of his own elevation. E
Francois Fillon it suo ha espresso "dolore" di perdita pewr the "signora che questa Ebbe una carriera brilliant. "
Jacqueline de Romilly muore il 18 dicembre 2010 a Boulogne-Billancourt .
life and work of Jacqueline de Romilly are bathed in a pulsed light sources of a high civilization - Greek civilization - a flame that has passed and maintained its full life until his last breath.
Jacqueline de Romilly has contributed much to building intellectual young generation, education of the general public through his many books, only the liberation of women through the example she gave of his own elevation. E
Francois Fillon it suo ha espresso "dolore" di perdita pewr the "signora che questa Ebbe una carriera brilliant. "
Jacqueline de Romilly muore il 18 dicembre 2010 a Boulogne-Billancourt .