Surnommer Zeus : Contribution à l'étude des structures et des dynamiques du polythéisme attique à travers ses épiclèses, de l'époque archaïque au Haut-Empire

This work aims to give a new enlightenment of the divine conceptions of the ancient Athenians, in particular through the case of Zeus. We shall attempt to draw a picture of the qualities, functions and characters attributed to this god by making a comprehensive and systematic survey of his cult-epithets, in a quantitative and qualitative prospect. This picture will be considered in its plasticity : we shall try to take into account its evolutions through time (from the archaic to the imperial period) and according to the social contexts, in a multi-scalar approach (from the domestic to the civic scale). We shall then replace Zeus within the Athenian pantheon, by determining its positionings, associations and distinctions towards the other divinities worshiped in Attica. We hope we can so contribute to a better understanding of the Greek polytheism.