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Volume 28, Issue 1
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Abstract

Abstract

Au cours de ces dernières décennies, les travaux sur la Grèce de l’Antiquité tardive sont passés d’une image d’effondrement et de déclin à celle d’une vitalité retrouvée, en particulier sur le site de Corinthe. Les origines anciennes et la période romaine florissante qu’a connue Corinthe ont tissé un passé mythico-historique unique qui a nourri son identité collective. Au cours des e-e siècles, la ville a continué de prospérer et de se développer, en particulier en ce qui concerne l’entretien et la consommation d’eau. Cet article s’appuie sur le cas des fontaines tardives de Corinthe pour souligner le sentiment partagé d’une culture de l’eau qui était attachée à la mémoire, à l’identité, aux sens et aux expériences sociales au sein même de la ville et de sa périphérie. Après une présentation générale des fontaines de Grèce et d’Asie Mineure de l’Antiquité tardive, et une introduction sur la Grèce tardo-antique et sur Corinthe, sont analysés en détail la fontaine Pirène et celles adjacentes sur la zone du forum, de même qu’un grand nymphée de la villa de Lechaion. La mise en scène et la consommation de l’eau dans et autour de ces structures montrent la nature dynamique de la Corinthe tardive, au sein d’un vaste réseau de centres urbains de Méditerranée orientale tout aussi prospères à cette période.

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