La terre plat, généalogie d'une idée fausse. Grande Grèce a group of young poets

a group of young poets traumatized by the Great War explored previously unknown reaches of the psyche and creativity

The terracotta figurines from Akragas (Agrigento) with their chubby faces

and also to become aware of the fragility of this heritage

From the vast repertoire of symbols of the past

Aelius Aristides

La terre plat, généalogie d'une idée fausse. Grande Grèce a group of young poetsIt remains a commonplace to think that the Middle Ages believed in a flat Earth, out of scientific ignorance as much as religious coercion. It would have been necessary to wait for the navigators, Columbus or Magellan, or even modern astronomers, Copernicus or Galileo, for the darkness to dissipate and for the Earth to finally become round. However, from Greek Antiquity to the European Renaissance, the idea that the Earth was flat was practically