Hérode. Le roi architecte. Littérature p 161 to 186

p 161 to 186

Ancien élève de l'ENS de Saint-Cloud

Guided by an irresistible passion

If philosophers were the first to anticipate the impact of beauty and art on the course of our existence

Hérode. Le roi architecte. Littérature p 161 to 186The name Herod evokes the memory of the Massacre of the Innocents, perpetuated through the centuries by the art and iconography of Christianity. But this episode from the Gospel reported by Matthew cannot summarize a reign, and especially cannot satisfy the historian. We have spoken of the dual king who knew how to compromise between Rome and the Jews, of the tyrant who eliminated his rivals, even members of his family and his own children. But other