Search results for "Seneca the Elder"
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«Prendere ad esempio». Quando padri e figli sono innamorati (con una lettura di Sen. contr. ii 6)
2018
This paper investigates the theme of erotic rivalry between father and son in Roman declamation, particularly in Ps. Quint. decl. 356, Calp. decl. 37 and, especially, in Sen. contr. ii 6. The analysis emphasizes the decisive contribution of the comedy to outlining this kind of conflict, also interpreted according to Quintilian’s theoretical reflection on this scholastica materia.
Il gravis morbus degli scholastici. Esempi tratti dalla storia (e dall’arte) nell’opera di Seneca il Vecchio
2021
Within a broader reflection on the presence of history in declamatory literature, the paper deals with some of Seneca’s controversies in which the thema concerns undisputed protagonists of ancient art, observing the way in which declaimers converge within the fields of interest of the school fundamental reflections on issues related to art and the role of the artist.
Parrasio e i limiti dell’arte. Una lettura di Seneca contr. 10, 5
2016
The paper focuses on Seneca the Elder’s Controversia 10, 5. The text concerns the charge to the painter Parrhasius of torturing to death an Olyntian slave that had served as a model of a Prometheus. The interests of declaimers highlight the concept of realism in art, introducing a theme, that of the relationship between real and believable, which crosses several times issues on which the rhetoric has produced deep and accurate reflections.