Alessandro Schiesaro
Biographic Data
| ID | 1421693 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alessandro Schiesaro |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alessandro |
| FAMILY NAME | Schiesaro |
| SIGNATURE | SCHIESARO A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Sapienza University of Rome |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6653-5604 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 187 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 17 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1989 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Intimations of Mortality
Ovid’s poetry repeatedly addresses eschatological themes, starting with the apocalyptic flood visited by Jupiter upon the world at the very beginning of the Metamorphoses. This chapter suggests that there are recurrent features of Ovid’s eschatological thought which can be traced across both the Metamorphoses and the poetry from Pontus. The main feature is a form of “conditional eschatology,” which is first on display in the flood narrative: dest…
Lucretius On the Nature of Things
Lucretius’ didactic poem “On the Nature of Things” elaborates a complex eschatology, which is rooted in the materialistic nature of the Epicurean doctrine, but also reflects the tensions of an age, the first century bce, when cultural and historical factors conspired to heighten eschatological expectations. Lucretius’ eschatology emerges as the mastertext of a comprehensive eschatology at the cosmic, historical and individual level. Although in t…
Seneca
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Seneca and Epicurus
A complex relationship with Epicurus and his philosophy spans much of Seneca’s oeuvre, with admiration, critique, imitation, and competition vying for primacy in different works and at different times. These approaches are based on direct knowledge of the complete or partial text of some Epicurean letters (at least five) and of a collection of maxims probably arranged by topic (gnomologium). Direct knowledge of other Epicurean texts cannot be rul…
The Cambridge Companion to Seneca
The Roman statesman, philosopher and playwright Lucius Annaeus Seneca dramatically influenced the progression of Western thought. His works have had an unparalleled impact on the development of ethical theory, shaping a code of behavior for dealing with tyranny in his own age that endures today. This Companion thoroughly examines the complete Senecan corpus, with special emphasis on the aspects of his writings that have challenged interpretation.…
Materiam superabat opus
Ovid's narrative of Phaethon's failed attempt prematurely to emulate his father in his unique expertise can be read as a reflection on the virtues and limits of Lucretius' philosophical poetry. The paper suggests that, while he gives much credit to the De Rerum Natura' s literary quality and its striving for the sublime, Ovid also critiques the hubristic connotations of Lucretius' rejection of divine authority and agency from the workings of natu…
Seneca's Agamemnon
The paper deals with some issues related to the much-discussed structure of this play, arguing that it is best understood in connection with its epic models. Seneca offers an original take on the characters and events of the war at Troy from a tragic angle, focusing on the theme of repetition-as-reversal and exploiting an unusual, fragmented dramatic structure to highlight the faultlines of epic narrative. In this context, the long rhesis which d…
Didaxis, Rhetoric, and the Law in Lucretius
The paper offers a reading of some central tenets of Lucretian epistemology in their connection with the evolution of Roman legal thought between the end of the IInd c. b.C. and the first half of the Ist., arguing for a shared approach, influenced by Hellenistic thought, to issue of definition and categorization.
The Cambridge Companion to Lucretius
Lucretius' didactic poem De rerum natura ('On the Nature of Things') is an impassioned and visionary presentation of the materialist philosophy of Epicurus, and one of the most powerful poetic texts of antiquity. After its rediscovery in 1417 it became a controversial and seminal work in successive phases of literary history, the history of science, and the Enlightenment. In this 2007 Cambridge Companion experts in the history of literature, phil…
Lucretius and Roman politics and history
The main issues at the interface between politics and ethics raised by Lucretius' Epicurean poem.
A Dream Shattered? Pastoral Anxieties in Senecan Drama
Seneca
The Passions in Play
This monograph is devoted to the most important of Seneca's tragedies, Thyestes, which has had a notable influence on Western drama from Shakespeare to Antonin Artaud. Thyestes emerges as the mastertext of 'Silver' Latin poetry, and as an original reflection on the nature of theatre comparable to Euripides' Bacchae. The book analyses the complex structure of the play, its main themes, the relationship between Seneca's vibrant style and his obsess…
Ovid and the professional discourses of scholarship, religion, rhetoric
'Ovid is not a researcher,' claimed Concetto Marchesi nearly a century ago, a remark recently echoed by John Scheid: 'Ovid is not a colleague.' Undoubtedly. Yet Ovid’s poetry is permeated with knowledge, from the religious and aetiological focus of Fasti , ostensibly the result of dogged antiquarian investigation, to the mythological feats of the Metamorphoses , but also in the abundance of, for instance, legal vocabulary in his love poetry or of…
The Cambridge Companion to Ovid
Ovid was one of the greatest writers of classical antiquity, and arguably the single most influential ancient poet for post-classical literature and culture. In this Cambridge Companion, chapters by leading authorities from Europe and North America discuss the backgrounds and contexts for Ovid, the individual works, and his influence on later literature and art. Coverage of essential information is combined with exciting critical approaches. This…
Passion, reason and knowledge in Seneca's tragedies
Mme Martin: Quelle est la morale? Le Pompier: C'est à vous de la trouver. (Eugene Ionesco, La cantatrice chauve ) ‘There is no such thing as a good influence, Mr Gray. All influence is immoral – immoral from the scientific point of view.’ (Oscar Wilde, Portrait of Dorian Gray ) Tragedy and passions I am painfully aware that the title of this chapter could well be the subtitle to a general essay on Senecan drama. This is a possible source of confu…
The Roman cultural revolution
A Note on Lucretius 4.1046
One of the most surprising features of the final part of the fourth book of the De rerum natura is the peculiar way Lucretius introduces the topic he intends to examine at length. We approach the extensive treatment of love from merely physiological phenomena. The terms libido and amor are mentioned for the first time at 1045 and 1046 respectively; I would like to focus on the interpretation of those lines and on the meaning of the clausula dira …
The Roman cultural revolution
Seneca's Agamemnon
The paper deals with some issues related to the much-discussed structure of this play, arguing that it is best understood in connection with its epic models. Seneca offers an original take on the characters and events of the war at Troy from a tragic angle, focusing on the theme of repetition-as-reversal and exploiting an unusual, fragmented dramatic structure to highlight the faultlines of epic narrative. In this context, the long rhesis which d…
A Note on Lucretius 4.1046
One of the most surprising features of the final part of the fourth book of the De rerum natura is the peculiar way Lucretius introduces the topic he intends to examine at length. We approach the extensive treatment of love from merely physiological phenomena. The terms libido and amor are mentioned for the first time at 1045 and 1046 respectively; I would like to focus on the interpretation of those lines and on the meaning of the clausula dira …
Passion, reason and knowledge in Seneca's tragedies
Mme Martin: Quelle est la morale? Le Pompier: C'est à vous de la trouver. (Eugene Ionesco, La cantatrice chauve ) ‘There is no such thing as a good influence, Mr Gray. All influence is immoral – immoral from the scientific point of view.’ (Oscar Wilde, Portrait of Dorian Gray ) Tragedy and passions I am painfully aware that the title of this chapter could well be the subtitle to a general essay on Senecan drama. This is a possible source of confu…
The Roman cultural revolution
Ovid and the professional discourses of scholarship, religion, rhetoric
'Ovid is not a researcher,' claimed Concetto Marchesi nearly a century ago, a remark recently echoed by John Scheid: 'Ovid is not a colleague.' Undoubtedly. Yet Ovid’s poetry is permeated with knowledge, from the religious and aetiological focus of Fasti , ostensibly the result of dogged antiquarian investigation, to the mythological feats of the Metamorphoses , but also in the abundance of, for instance, legal vocabulary in his love poetry or of…
The Cambridge Companion to Ovid
Ovid was one of the greatest writers of classical antiquity, and arguably the single most influential ancient poet for post-classical literature and culture. In this Cambridge Companion, chapters by leading authorities from Europe and North America discuss the backgrounds and contexts for Ovid, the individual works, and his influence on later literature and art. Coverage of essential information is combined with exciting critical approaches. This…
The Passions in Play
This monograph is devoted to the most important of Seneca's tragedies, Thyestes, which has had a notable influence on Western drama from Shakespeare to Antonin Artaud. Thyestes emerges as the mastertext of 'Silver' Latin poetry, and as an original reflection on the nature of theatre comparable to Euripides' Bacchae. The book analyses the complex structure of the play, its main themes, the relationship between Seneca's vibrant style and his obsess…
Seneca
A Dream Shattered? Pastoral Anxieties in Senecan Drama
Didaxis, Rhetoric, and the Law in Lucretius
The paper offers a reading of some central tenets of Lucretian epistemology in their connection with the evolution of Roman legal thought between the end of the IInd c. b.C. and the first half of the Ist., arguing for a shared approach, influenced by Hellenistic thought, to issue of definition and categorization.
The Cambridge Companion to Lucretius
Lucretius' didactic poem De rerum natura ('On the Nature of Things') is an impassioned and visionary presentation of the materialist philosophy of Epicurus, and one of the most powerful poetic texts of antiquity. After its rediscovery in 1417 it became a controversial and seminal work in successive phases of literary history, the history of science, and the Enlightenment. In this 2007 Cambridge Companion experts in the history of literature, phil…
Lucretius and Roman politics and history
The main issues at the interface between politics and ethics raised by Lucretius' Epicurean poem.
Materiam superabat opus
Ovid's narrative of Phaethon's failed attempt prematurely to emulate his father in his unique expertise can be read as a reflection on the virtues and limits of Lucretius' philosophical poetry. The paper suggests that, while he gives much credit to the De Rerum Natura' s literary quality and its striving for the sublime, Ovid also critiques the hubristic connotations of Lucretius' rejection of divine authority and agency from the workings of natu…
Seneca's Agamemnon
The paper deals with some issues related to the much-discussed structure of this play, arguing that it is best understood in connection with its epic models. Seneca offers an original take on the characters and events of the war at Troy from a tragic angle, focusing on the theme of repetition-as-reversal and exploiting an unusual, fragmented dramatic structure to highlight the faultlines of epic narrative. In this context, the long rhesis which d…
Seneca
A summary is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content.
Seneca and Epicurus
A complex relationship with Epicurus and his philosophy spans much of Seneca’s oeuvre, with admiration, critique, imitation, and competition vying for primacy in different works and at different times. These approaches are based on direct knowledge of the complete or partial text of some Epicurean letters (at least five) and of a collection of maxims probably arranged by topic (gnomologium). Direct knowledge of other Epicurean texts cannot be rul…
The Cambridge Companion to Seneca
The Roman statesman, philosopher and playwright Lucius Annaeus Seneca dramatically influenced the progression of Western thought. His works have had an unparalleled impact on the development of ethical theory, shaping a code of behavior for dealing with tyranny in his own age that endures today. This Companion thoroughly examines the complete Senecan corpus, with special emphasis on the aspects of his writings that have challenged interpretation.…
Lucretius On the Nature of Things
Lucretius’ didactic poem “On the Nature of Things” elaborates a complex eschatology, which is rooted in the materialistic nature of the Epicurean doctrine, but also reflects the tensions of an age, the first century bce, when cultural and historical factors conspired to heighten eschatological expectations. Lucretius’ eschatology emerges as the mastertext of a comprehensive eschatology at the cosmic, historical and individual level. Although in t…
Intimations of Mortality
Ovid’s poetry repeatedly addresses eschatological themes, starting with the apocalyptic flood visited by Jupiter upon the world at the very beginning of the Metamorphoses. This chapter suggests that there are recurrent features of Ovid’s eschatological thought which can be traced across both the Metamorphoses and the poetry from Pontus. The main feature is a form of “conditional eschatology,” which is first on display in the flood narrative: dest…
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