Hérode. Le roi architecte. Littérature Guided by an irresistible passion

Guided by an irresistible passion

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

The Vocation of Saint Anthony

65 Gaëlle Tallet

Hérode. Le roi architecte. Littérature Guided by an irresistible passionThe 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