La ricezione di Massimiano della topica ciceroniana de senectute - The Reception of Massimianus in Cicero's De senectute
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https://doi.org/10.13135/2532-5353/2825Abstract
Riassunto Il tema (di antica tradizione) della senectus trova nel Cato Maior ciceroniano una compiuta trattazione di significativa ricaduta, a livello di topica ideologica, nei dibattiti successivi e nella memoria letteraria degli scrittori in prosa e in poesia. In questo lavoro si definiscono il significato e l’ideologia del Cato Maior in rapporto alla vicenda biografica e politica di Cicerone, si chiarisce il contesto storico e culturale di Massimiano, si compara la topica de senectute del Cato Maior con quella (di segno opposto) di Massimiano. Ci si sofferma infine sulla caratterizzazione dell’esilio quale esperienza di morte in vita presente nell’epistolario ciceroniano e nelle descrizione massimianea del senex, l’esule dalla vita.
Abstract Cicero’s discussion of senectus – a long-standing theme in the ancient tradition – in the Cato Maior significantly influenced subsequent debates with its ideological topoi, and persisted in the literary memory of both poets and prose writers. This study (a) defines the meaning and ideology of the Cato Maior against the background of Cicero’s life and political career; (b) casts light on the historical and cultural context of Maximian; (c) compares the topoi de senectute in the Cato Maior with those of Maximian, which are radically different. Lastly, this paper examines the characterization of exile as a death-in-life experience in Cicero’s letters and in Maximian’s description of the senex as an exile from life.
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