Although we do not find in the narrative of the Peloponnesian War an explicit analogy between the phases of human life (more or less distributed) and those of the great political bodies, it remains nevertheless fruitful in my opinion to explore the text in search of clues for biological metaphors. In particular, I will follow the traces left throughout the narrative by three crucial elements: daring (τόλμα), desire (ἔρως), disease (νόσος). The biological metaphor of the 'degrees of development' of the living being in Thucydides does not find fulfillment in the senectus. His absence was charged by Reinhart Koselleck as a distinctive feature of Greek historiography, especially of the classical age.
Cusumano, N. (2019). Vita di un impero: tracce di metafore biologiche in Tucidide. In E. Berardi, & M. Manca (a cura di), Età del mondo, età dell’uomo. Nascita, vita, morte tra microcosmo e macrocosmo, Atti del Seminario Internazionale (Torino, 26-27 settembre 2019) (pp. 41-74). Alessandria : Edizioni dell’Orso s.r.l..
Data di pubblicazione: | 2019 |
Titolo: | Vita di un impero: tracce di metafore biologiche in Tucidide |
Autori: | CUSUMANO, Nicola (Corresponding) |
Citazione: | Cusumano, N. (2019). Vita di un impero: tracce di metafore biologiche in Tucidide. In E. Berardi, & M. Manca (a cura di), Età del mondo, età dell’uomo. Nascita, vita, morte tra microcosmo e macrocosmo, Atti del Seminario Internazionale (Torino, 26-27 settembre 2019) (pp. 41-74). Alessandria : Edizioni dell’Orso s.r.l.. |
Abstract: | Although we do not find in the narrative of the Peloponnesian War an explicit analogy between the phases of human life (more or less distributed) and those of the great political bodies, it remains nevertheless fruitful in my opinion to explore the text in search of clues for biological metaphors. In particular, I will follow the traces left throughout the narrative by three crucial elements: daring (τόλμα), desire (ἔρως), disease (νόσος). The biological metaphor of the 'degrees of development' of the living being in Thucydides does not find fulfillment in the senectus. His absence was charged by Reinhart Koselleck as a distinctive feature of Greek historiography, especially of the classical age. |
ISBN: | 978-88-6274-985-5 |
Settore Scientifico Disciplinare: | Settore L-ANT/02 - Storia Greca |
Appare nelle tipologie: | 2.07 Contributo in atti di convegno pubblicato in volume |
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