in R. Bouchon, P. Brillet-Dubois, N. Le Meur-Weissman (edd.), Hymnes de la Grèce antique. Approches littéraires et historiques, Lyon (Maison de l’Orient et de la Méditerranée) 2012 : 59-77

in J. Alaux (éd.), Hérodote. Formes de pensée, figures du récit, Rennes (Presses Universitaires) 2013 : 65-91

The aim of this paper is to study the semantic evolution of the concepts of “Asia” and “Asiatic” in both the archaic Greek lyric poetry and Aeschylus’s works. Particular attention is devoted to the process through which the term Ἀσία – initially used to designate the Anatolian norther-western region – ended up indicating what the Greeks considered to be the Asiatic continent: it seems plausible that such a semantic development is to be linked to the political events which took place in Asia Minor and in the Near East during the 7th and the 6th centuries BC. Finally, during the 5th century, the idea of Asia seems to coincide with both the Persian Empire and the continent, while its borders seem to remain quite fluid and susceptible to be adjusted to the literary or political aims of the different authors. As for the inquiry on the terms which indicate Asiatic people (or which are linked to them), textual analysis seems to show that oriental populations are not always negatively connoted, since we can also find them in junction with positive judgements. available online: http://archimede.unistra.fr/revue-archimede/archimede-4-2017/archimede-4-2017-dossier-1-le-lexique-grec/

in Epea pteroenta 22, 2014, p. 36-45. Je montre comment la langue grecque a développé un vocabulaire politique (les mots ψῆφος et κλῆρος et leur famille en particulier) au fur et à mesure du développement de la vie politique et de la démocratie. La langue et les institutions se nourrissent réciproquement.

Étude du début et de la fin des Hymnes homériques dans la perspective du style formulaire.