Salammbô. Proche et Moyen Orient Annals of the University of

Annals of the University of Lyon

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the Nabis artists broke the narrow framework that they believed confined easel painting

Jerusalem was destroyed by the Romans

Salammbô. Proche et Moyen Orient Annals of the University of"It was in Megara, a suburb of Carthage, in the gardens of Hamilcar." The first sentence of Salammb, a novel by Gustave Flaubert published in 1862, marked the beginning of a unique experience for generations of readers. In a demiurgic attempt to restore the lost city, the writer stages human passions and gives birth to a whirlwind of images and sensations that will unleash the imagination of artists from the end of the 19th century to the present day.