{"id":106,"date":"2026-04-17T21:00:45","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T21:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/odonates.net\/?p=106"},"modified":"2026-04-17T22:07:42","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T22:07:42","slug":"les-odonates-depuis-aristote-a-linne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/odonates.net\/?p=106","title":{"rendered":"Les Odonates dans le monde occidental depuis Aristote \u00e0 Linn\u00e9"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Aristote (343 BP) ne donne aucun nom particulier aux Odonates, toutefois il donne des \u00e9l\u00e9ments de description compatibles avec ces insectes dispers\u00e9s par morceaux dans ses textes. Ainsi, \u1f14\u03bd\u03b9\u03b1 \u03c4\u1ff6\u03bd \u1f10\u03bd\u03c4\u03cc\u03bc\u03c9\u03bd \u03c0\u03b5\u03c1\u1f76 \u03c4\u1f70 \u1f55\u03b4\u03b1\u03c4\u03b1 \u03b3\u03af\u03b3\u03bd\u03b5\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9 \/ \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03c0\u03c4\u03b5\u03c1\u03c9\u03b8\u03ad\u03bd\u03c4\u03b1 \u03bc\u03b5\u03b8\u03af\u03c3\u03c4\u03b1\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9 \u1f10\u03ba \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u1f55\u03b4\u03b1\u03c4\u03bf\u03c2, certains insectes naissent dans l&rsquo;eau et, une fois pourvus d&rsquo;ailes, ils quittent l&rsquo;eau. Parmi les insectes ail\u00e9s, certains ont quatre ailes, \u03c4\u1f70 \u03b4\u1f72 \u03c0\u03c4\u03b5\u03c1\u03c9\u03c4\u1f70 \u03c4\u1ff6\u03bd \u1f10\u03bd\u03c4\u03cc\u03bc\u03c9\u03bd \u03c4\u1f70 \u03bc\u1f72\u03bd \u03c4\u03b5\u03c4\u03c1\u03ac\u03c0\u03c4\u03b5\u03c1\u03b1. Leur vol est rapide. Vers la m\u00eame \u00e9poque, le grec, Th\u00e9ophraste s&rsquo;int\u00e9resse surtout aux plantes, mais il sait que des insectes sont aquatiques. Pour Pline l&rsquo;Ancien (80), les Odonates se situent parmi les <em>insecta volantia, animalia ex aqua orta<\/em>, insectes volants, n\u00e9s depuis le milieu aquatiques. Il parle d&rsquo;insectes rapides, proches de l&rsquo;eau et aux ailes brillantes, ce qui pourrait convenir aux Odonates. \u00c9lien (II\u1d49\u2013III\u1d49 si\u00e8cles) dans son <em>De natura animalium, <\/em>ou dans sa version grecque, \u03a0\u03b5\u03c1\u1f76 \u03b6\u1ff4\u03c9\u03bd \u1f30\u03b4\u03b9\u03cc\u03c4\u03b7\u03c4\u03bf\u03c2, s&rsquo;int\u00e9resse \u00e0 des r\u00e9cits sur les animaux qui l&rsquo;\u00e9tonne. Il est question de petits dragons, \u03bc\u03b9\u03ba\u03c1\u03bf\u1f76 \u03b4\u03c1\u03ac\u03ba\u03bf\u03bd\u03c4\u03b5\u03c2, ail\u00e9s qui pourraient faire penser aux Odonates, mais il n&rsquo;y a aucun \u00e9l\u00e9ment pr\u00e9cis qui permettent d&rsquo;en \u00eatre certain. Dans son <em>Etymologiae<\/em>, Isidore de S\u00e9ville (622-633) ne distingue pas les Odonates qui sont tout aussi bien confondus avec les Moustiques ou les \u00c9ph\u00e9m\u00e8res. Cet auteur reprend des \u00e9l\u00e9ments de la structure des ouvrages de Pline l&rsquo;Ancien. Que ce soit les lexicographes byzantins ou dans les bestiaire m\u00e9di\u00e9val, on ne trouve rien qui ressemble aux Odonates et il faut attendre la Renaissance pour voir appara\u00eetre les premi\u00e8res informations pr\u00e9cises sur ces Insectes (Deliry [2025]).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Aristote ca.343 BC<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;<em>Historia animalium.<\/em>&nbsp;\u2013 \u00e9d. moderne, Balme, Loeb Classical library (1965).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>[<strong>Deliry C. 2025<\/strong>] &#8211; <em>Les Odonates dans la documentation pr\u00e9-linn\u00e9enne. <\/em>&#8211; Blog des Histoires Naturelles, 27 d\u00e9cembre 2025. &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/deliry.com\/?p=8957\">ONLINE<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Isidore de S\u00e9ville 622-633 <\/strong>&#8211; <em>Etymologiae. De Summo bono. <\/em>&#8211; Publi\u00e9 par Peter Loslein, Venice (1483). &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/etymologiaeaddde00isid\/page\/n1\/mode\/2up\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ONLINE<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Pline l&rsquo;Ancien ca.80<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211; Histoire Naturelle. Livre XI. &#8211; \u00e9d. moderne, Paris, Dubochet, \u00c9mile Littr\u00e9. &#8211;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/remacle.org\/bloodwolf\/erudits\/plineancien\/livre11.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ONLINE<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-histoires-naturelles wp-block-embed-histoires-naturelles\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"4YWvWkuqjk\"><a href=\"https:\/\/deliry.com\/?p=8957\">Les Odonates dans la documentation pr\u00e9-linn\u00e9enne<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u00ab\u00a0Les Odonates dans la documentation pr\u00e9-linn\u00e9enne\u00a0\u00bb &#8212; Histoires Naturelles\" src=\"https:\/\/deliry.com\/?p=8957&#038;embed=true#?secret=hJVu6r5L6E#?secret=4YWvWkuqjk\" data-secret=\"4YWvWkuqjk\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aristote (343 BP) ne donne aucun nom particulier aux Odonates, toutefois il donne des \u00e9l\u00e9ments de description compatibles avec ces insectes dispers\u00e9s par morceaux dans &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-106","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/odonates.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/odonates.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/odonates.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/odonates.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/odonates.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=106"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/odonates.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":110,"href":"https:\/\/odonates.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106\/revisions\/110"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/odonates.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/odonates.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/odonates.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}