Charis du kairos et kairos de la charis, une spécificité homérique

(Charis of Kairós and Kairós of Charis: A Homeric Specificity)

Abstract

This essay intends to offer an approach to charis and kairos viewed not as separate but as intertwined. This happy interlacement is a specificity of the Homeric tradition, specifically found in the Homeric Hymn to Hermes. A poet like Hesiod will have the greatest difficulty in conceiving the proximity of kairos and charis without a negative side (Pandora, a trap for men).