Descriptiones et vision stoïcienne du destin dans l'Œdipe de Sénèque
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4082609 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jean-Pierre Aygon (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1998 |
| Volume | 49 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 135-148 |
| Publication date | 1998-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Pallas (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0031-0387 • E-ISSN: 2272-7639 |
| Publisher | PERSEE Program (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.3406/palla.1998.1509 |
| OpenAlex | W2414239372 |
| Language | FR |
| References cited | 3 |
Bacchus plays an important part in Seneca's Œdipus : it is possible to see in him a poetic figure of Providence, as suggest the second chorus's descriptiones and a few rapprochements with the beginning of the De Providentia. Certain ecphraseis, with their motifs and the echoes that knit them together, give strength to that interpretation by laying the stress on the cyclic motion within which the tragic crisis is inscribed, and that constitutes a significant departure from Sophocles' Œdipus Rex. But the meaningful course of fate is incomprehensible to men, caught as they are in the chain of causes and effects, just as Œdipus fails to grasp the significance of the descriptio of the crossroads where he killed Laius. The images conjured up by the ecphraseis thus contribute to reveal the stoic colouring of fatum in the Latin tragedy
Art · Chorus · Humanities · Inscribed figure · Interpretation (philosophy · Linguistics · Literature · Poetry · Tragedy (event · Classical Antiquity Studies · Philosophy
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |