L' ÉDUCATION D'ACHILE. L'Inflexible Chiron fesait chaque matin Endéver bien souvent son élève mutin. Las! que de professeurs rompent nos jeunes têtes, Et sans être sans torts, sont plus qu'à moitié bêtes! Iliade, Traduction philosophique de Mr. Patin.

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Title:
L' ÉDUCATION D'ACHILE. L'Inflexible Chiron fesait chaque matin Endéver bien souvent son élève mutin. Las! que de professeurs rompent nos jeunes têtes, Et sans être sans torts, sont plus qu'à moitié bêtes! Iliade, Traduction philosophique de Mr. Patin.
Title (alt.):
EDUCATION OF ACHILLES. The unyielding Chiron each morning Would often torment his rebellious student. Alas! how many teachers destroy young minds, And far being without fault, are more beastly than not! The Illiad, philosophical translation by Mr. Patin.. Charivari
Description:
The education of Achilles. It seems that in ancient times relations between teachers and students were similar to today's problems. Here we can see the centaur Cheiron in a futile attempt to transmit the secrets of the alphabet to a somewhat puzzled looking Achilles. See also the more serious paintings in the Herculaneum at Naples, at the Museo Nazionale. During the 1840's, a quarrel between painters of the classic and romantic schools had fully flared up. Delacroix asked the "loaded" question: "Who is going to liberate us from the old Greeks?" Daumier succeeded to answer it his own way by showing historic personalities such as Hercules, Pygmalion or Agamemnon in absurd situations.
Donor:
Trustman, Benjamin A., Trustman, Julia M.
Lithographer:
Daumier, Honoré, 1808-1879
Date:
1842
Format:
Drawings/Illustrations
Location:
Brandeis University Libraries
Collection (local):
Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman Collection of Honoré Daumier Lithographs
Subjects:
Greek
Teaching
Mythology
France--History--Louis-Philip, 1830-1848
Antiquities in art
Achilles (Greek mythology)
Chiron (Greek mythology)
Mythology, Greek
Extent:
1 lithograph, b&w, 33.5 x 24.5 cm
Link to Item:
http://hdl.handle.net/10192/4879
Terms of Use:
Copyright restrictions may apply. For permission to copy or use this image, contact the Robert D. Farber University Archives and Special Collections Department, Brandeis University Libraries. The following credit line must be included with each item used: Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman Collection of Honoré Daumier Lithographs, Robert D. Farber University Archives & Special Collections Department, Brandeis University.
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Place of origin:
Paris
Notes:
3rd state.
Published in: Le Charivari, May 29, 1842.
Notes (acquisition):
Donated by: Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman, 1959.
Identifier:
LD933