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Le spine di Afranio: a proposito di Afran. fr. 1 R.3

Bianco Maurizio

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AfraniusenticosusSettore L-FIL-LET/05 - Filologia ClassicaStoic tradiitionSettore L-FIL-LET/04 - Lingua E Letteratura Latinathorn

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In fr. I R.3 (Afranius’ Abducta) we can recognise an imagery connected to the rhetorical-philosophical Stoic tradition. Indeed, the adjective senticosus introduces the metaphor of thorns, a stylistic device associated with the Stoic sermo. This interpretation seems to be confirmed by Apuleius’ use of this adjective in Florida 18, which contains the famous ‘sophism of Protagoras’.

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