Journal | Lexis
Journal issue | Num. 38 (n.s.) – Dicembre 2020 – Fasc. 2
Research Article | Bald is Handsome? Late Imperial Society in the Satire’s Deforming Mirror in the Calvitii encomium by Synesius of Cyrene
Bald is Handsome? Late Imperial Society in the Satire’s Deforming Mirror in the Calvitii encomium by Synesius of Cyrene
- Gianluigi Tomassi - Independent Scholar - email
Abstract
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.
Submitted: July 31, 2020 | Accepted: Oct. 6, 2020 | Published Dec. 21, 2020 | Language: it
Keywords Roman empire • Paradoxical encomium • Ancient satire • Synesius of Cyrene • Second Sophistic
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dc.title |
Bald is Handsome? Late Imperial Society in the Satire’s Deforming Mirror in the Calvitii encomium by Synesius of Cyrene |
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dc.contributor.author |
Tomassi Gianluigi |
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dc.publisher |
Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing, Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari |
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dc.type |
Research Article |
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dc.language.iso |
it |
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http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/riviste/lexis-journal/2020/2/calvo-e-bello-la-societa-tardoimperiale-allo-specc/ |
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dc.description.abstract |
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. |
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dc.relation.ispartof |
Lexis |
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dc.relation.ispartof |
Num. 38 (n.s.) – Dicembre 2020 – Fasc. 2 |
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dc.issued |
2020-12-21 |
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dc.dateAccepted |
2020-10-06 |
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dc.dateSubmitted |
2020-07-31 |
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dc.identifier.eissn |
2724-1564 |
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dc.rights |
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License |
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dc.rights.uri |
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
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dc.identifier.doi |
10.30687/Lexis/2724-1564/2020/02/011 |
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dc.peer-review |
yes |
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dc.subject |
Ancient satire |
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dc.subject |
Ancient satire |
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dc.subject |
Paradoxical encomium |
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dc.subject |
Paradoxical encomium |
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dc.subject |
Roman empire |
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dc.subject |
Roman empire |
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dc.subject |
Second Sophistic |
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dc.subject |
Second Sophistic |
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dc.subject |
Synesius of Cyrene |
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dc.subject |
Synesius of Cyrene |
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