In the paper that follows, we propose an original interpretation about the section of De rerum natura that brings the myth of Sisyphus (3. 995-1002). Our reading departs from the increasingly unstable relationship of complementarity and reciprocal exclusion between auctoritas and potestas. Lucretius invokes the mythical character to warn of the need to prevent the refusal of imperium to high magistrates by the negative response coming from the gods. He reproaches the use of the auspicia by some branches of Roman elite committed with optimates political orientation. From his point of view, they would be seeking to frustrate the political program of leaders aligned with the intellectual tradition referred as “popularis”.Propomos, no artigo qu...
One of the most essential features of Roman historiography is the rhetoric. Historians differently u...
My dissertation examines family, sexual reproduction, and community in Lucretius’ poem De Rerum Natu...
In his refutation of skepticism in book IV of De rerum natura (469–521), Lucretius uses argumentativ...
Ovid's narrative of Phaethon's failed attempt prematurely to emulate his father in his unique expert...
Ovid's narrative of Phaethon's failed attempt prematurely to emulate his father in his unique expert...
© 1959 Isabel McBrydeThe Roman Republic fell because of an overwhelming need for a centralised, powe...
In 56 BCE, a series of prodigies takes place in the vicinity of Rome. Frightened by this event, the ...
Lucretius\u27 philosophical epic De Rerum Natura (On the Nature of Things) is a lengthy didactic and...
Lucretius’ De rerum natura is one of the relatively few corpora of Greek and Roman literature that i...
In the doctrine of the last century the use of the literary sources on the birth of the plebeian pow...
Le refus épicurien de la vie publique est presque un topos, tant chez les auteurs anciens que modern...
Numa carta a seu irmao Quinto Cícero (Q. Fr., II, 10), Marco Túlio Cícero elogia efusivamente a comb...
[EN]An analysis of the Foedus Cassianum and ofthe literary sources which refer to the relations betw...
“Reformulation of the Political Role of the Goddess Venus in the De rerum natura by Titus Lucretius ...
These lines (28-53) from Lucretius' first proem appeal to Venus to make the poem attractive and thus...
One of the most essential features of Roman historiography is the rhetoric. Historians differently u...
My dissertation examines family, sexual reproduction, and community in Lucretius’ poem De Rerum Natu...
In his refutation of skepticism in book IV of De rerum natura (469–521), Lucretius uses argumentativ...
Ovid's narrative of Phaethon's failed attempt prematurely to emulate his father in his unique expert...
Ovid's narrative of Phaethon's failed attempt prematurely to emulate his father in his unique expert...
© 1959 Isabel McBrydeThe Roman Republic fell because of an overwhelming need for a centralised, powe...
In 56 BCE, a series of prodigies takes place in the vicinity of Rome. Frightened by this event, the ...
Lucretius\u27 philosophical epic De Rerum Natura (On the Nature of Things) is a lengthy didactic and...
Lucretius’ De rerum natura is one of the relatively few corpora of Greek and Roman literature that i...
In the doctrine of the last century the use of the literary sources on the birth of the plebeian pow...
Le refus épicurien de la vie publique est presque un topos, tant chez les auteurs anciens que modern...
Numa carta a seu irmao Quinto Cícero (Q. Fr., II, 10), Marco Túlio Cícero elogia efusivamente a comb...
[EN]An analysis of the Foedus Cassianum and ofthe literary sources which refer to the relations betw...
“Reformulation of the Political Role of the Goddess Venus in the De rerum natura by Titus Lucretius ...
These lines (28-53) from Lucretius' first proem appeal to Venus to make the poem attractive and thus...
One of the most essential features of Roman historiography is the rhetoric. Historians differently u...
My dissertation examines family, sexual reproduction, and community in Lucretius’ poem De Rerum Natu...
In his refutation of skepticism in book IV of De rerum natura (469–521), Lucretius uses argumentativ...