Ulisse modello di decorum: a proposito di Cic. Tusc. 2, 48-50.

2021

The paper deals with the character of Ulysses within the frame of the Tusculanae disputationes with a particular focus on the sequence 2, 48-50. The comparison between the hero and other mythological figures (e.g. Philoctetes) allows us to observe the role of Ulysses as a model for decorum, analysing at the same time the way in which Cicero reinterprets actions and behavior of the character starting from the fragments of Pacuvius’ Niptra.