Philology is at the heart of a triangle, formed by the author, the text and the public. This three-way relationship also involves the factor of time, that filled by the transmission of the text, which separates the author from the reader. But the mission of philology is to confront the effects of time. On the one hand, it must reduce, almost erase the effects, by bringing the text closer to the original state in which the author had conceived it, by eliminating the errors accumulated over the centuries. On the other hand, it is his responsibility to reactivate time, by placing the reader in a position to understand the text in the context in which it was conceived. She also has the task of making the text present, of bringing it to life again, through the work of translation. These are all issues that nourish the contributions to the volume, resulting from a conference held at the Collège de France on October 5 and 6, 2023. The first part, “Paths of classical philology”, analyzes the ways of narrating the long history of the transmission of ancient texts and of evoking its significant figures, its periodizations, its concepts, its models. The second part, “Voices of Classical Philology”, gives the floor to several representatives of the publishing of classic works and studies of the history of philology. Some look at current trends in the art of editing, translating and commenting on ancient texts. Others retrace the journey of several journals and collections shedding light on the history of this scientific field.
Editor:
Institute for Research and History of Texts
Place of publication:
Aubervilliers; Paris ; OrleansPublication sur OpenEdition Books :
November 10, 2025Digital ISBN: 978-2-493209-08-5
Collection :
Text History Library
Year of publication: 2025
ISBN (Print edition): 978-2-493209-09-2
Name of pages: 178
François Bougard, Dario Mantovani and Luigi-Alberto Sanchi
Introduction
Paths of classical philology
Voice of classical philology
