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Lexis | Num. 38 (n.s.) – Dicembre 2020 – Fasc. 2

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Calvo è bello? La società tardoimperiale allo specchiodeformante della satira nell’Elogio della calvizie di Sinesio di Cirene

Gianluigi Tomassi    Independent Scholar    

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Synesius’ Encomium calvitii can be interpreted as an excellent example of late-antique satyr, which aims to denounce the decline of contemporary society by criticising its most prominent members; philosophers, rhetoricians, religious people, soldiers, romanized barbarians, characters of dubious morality. The conceptual complexity and the ideological proximity to the De Regno and the Dio confirm the opinion of modern scholars that the work is a product of the writer’s intellectual ripeness that can be dated to the years 403-404 CE.

Pubblicato
21 Dicembre 2020
Accettato
06 Ottobre 2020
Presentato
31 Luglio 2020
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IT

Keywords: Second Sophistic • Roman empire • Synesius of Cyrene • Ancient satire • Paradoxical encomium

permalink http://doi.org/10.30687/Lexis/2724-1564/2020/02/011

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