Capaneus philosophus ? Una nota su Zenone, Filodemo, Stazio (e Lucrezio)

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ID21370244
AuthorsFrancesco Cannizzaro (Università degli Studi di Firenze , Dipartimento di Lettere e Filosofia , Via della Pergola, 60 , Firenze (Italia) Italy, corresponding author)
Year2024
Volume168
Issue2
Pages168-179
Publication date2024-11-06
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePhilologus (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0031-7985 • E-ISSN: 2196-7008
PublisherWalter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1515/phil-2023-0058
OpenAlexW4402365914
LanguageIT
References cited22

This short article, which starts with a reconsideration of the philosophical characterization of Statius’ Capaneus, aims at investigating the reception of the mythical figure of Capaneus in Hellenistic philosophy. Both among the Stoics (Zeno and, maybe, Chrysippus, according to Diogenes Laertius and Athenaeus) and the Epicureans (Philodemus in P.Herc. 452 olim 463, fr. 13), Capaneus occurs in the philosophical discourse on the definition of the sage, albeit with different nuances and reference texts. Statius, Neapolitan poeta doctus with Stoic and Epicurean patroni , may have drawn insights from this intellectual environment to provide his Capaneus with philosophical overtones. In the last paragraph it is cautiously suggested, on the basis of P.Herc. 452 olim 463, fr. 13, that Lucretius’ Epicurus in the well-known prologue of the De rerum natura – a model for Statius’ Capaneus – may have been influenced by the Epicurean reception of Capaneus

Art · Byzantine Studies and History · Classical Antiquity Studies · Classical Philosophy and Thought · Philosophy

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