Data di Pubblicazione:
2021
Citazione:
Affari di coscienza, tra Seneca e Cicerone: a proposito dell'epistola 97 a Lucilio / C. Torre. - In: LUCIUS ANNAEUS SENECA. - ISSN 2785-2849. - 1:(2021 Oct), pp. 6.73-6.110.
Abstract:
In Letter 97, aiming to prove that the corruption of mores is
not a matter of a corrupted age but the fault of corrupted men, Sene-
ca mentions the scandal of the Bona Dea rites and the ensuing trial in
which P. Clodius bribed the jurors. These crimes, he argues, were com-
mitted in one and the same age, indeed in the very age and presence
of Cato the Younger, the Stoic champion of virtus. By directly quoting
a passage from Cicero’s letters to Atticus (Att. 1.16.5) Seneca appears to
show a concern with documentary truth. But there is more to it than
this. For, beyond the evidence of the direct quotation, Cicero’s letter is
also widely echoed in an allusive way in Seneca’s, suggesting a larger
metaliterary exploration of the limits of epistolarity and its relationship
to other genres such as oratory and mime. In addition to the primary
argument that Seneca’s focus on, the Bona Dea Scandal involves a com-
plex relationship to the Ciceronian model and the historical episode,
this study also further attends to the second part of Letter 97, and ex-
amines Seneca’s deeper reflection on the core concept of conscientia in
relation to Epicurus and other passages in Seneca.
Tipologia IRIS:
01 - Articolo su periodico
Keywords:
Seneca; Epistulae ad Lucilium; Cicerone;
Elenco autori:
C. Torre
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