The paper examines the representation of animals as embodiment of nature in the culture of the late Roman republic. By discussing a selection of passages from Sallust, Cicero and Lucretius in conjunction with other Greek and Latin sources, the paper shows that the typically Western myth of 'animal nature' - the cultural belief that animals mirror a perennial state of nature, as opposed to human society - played a very important role in the moral debate of the first century BC and took a form which was bound to influence the centuries to come.
Tutrone, F. (2016). Vox Naturae: The Myth of Animal Nature in the Late Roman Republic. In P.A. Johnston, A. Mastrocinque, S. Papaioannou (a cura di), Animals in Greek and Roman Religion and Myth (pp. 51-84). Newcastle Upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
Vox Naturae: The Myth of Animal Nature in the Late Roman Republic
TUTRONE, Fabio
2016-01-01
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The paper examines the representation of animals as embodiment of nature in the culture of the late Roman republic. By discussing a selection of passages from Sallust, Cicero and Lucretius in conjunction with other Greek and Latin sources, the paper shows that the typically Western myth of 'animal nature' - the cultural belief that animals mirror a perennial state of nature, as opposed to human society - played a very important role in the moral debate of the first century BC and took a form which was bound to influence the centuries to come.
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