Bán Katalin: Stoic representation of insania in Seneca’s Phaedra. In: Sapiens ubique civis, (2). pp. 105-118. (2021)
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Abstract
Phaedra is a drama of the presentation of human passion, with a focus on depicting how the heroine is unable to control the destructive forces of the soul. The study reveals that despite being aware of and expressing the destructive nature of her madness, she does not exercise self-control, but increasingly succumbs to the power of the passion for her stepson. After being rejected, in her insane state of mind, she accuses the young man, which has fatal consequences. Seneca often expresses Phaedra’s insanity with the use of pictorial representations and compares them to the destructive forces of nature. These metaphors inspired by nature highlight an important point in Seneca’s philosophy: the linkage of the cosmic and the individual. My aim is to emphasize Seneca’s Stoic interpretation of virtuous life and insania.
Item Type: | Article |
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Journal or Publication Title: | Sapiens ubique civis |
Date: | 2021 |
Volume: | 2 |
ISSN: | 2732-317X |
Page Range: | pp. 105-118 |
Language: | English |
Contributors: | Contribution Name UNSPECIFIED Seneca Lucius Annaeus |
Publisher: | University of Szeged |
Place of Publication: | Szeged |
Event Title: | Sapiens ubique civis (7.) (2019) (Szeged) |
Related URLs: | http://acta.bibl.u-szeged.hu/74682/ |
DOI: | 10.14232/suc.2021.2.105-118 |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | Klasszika-filológia, Latin irodalom története |
Additional Information: | Bibliogr.: 118. p. és a lábjegyzetekben ; összefoglalás angol nyelven |
Subjects: | 06. Humanities 06. Humanities > 06.02. Languages and Literature |
Date Deposited: | 2022. Apr. 01. 13:40 |
Last Modified: | 2022. Apr. 01. 13:40 |
URI: | http://acta.bibl.u-szeged.hu/id/eprint/74864 |
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