P.HERC.1384: A BOOK OF CHRYSIPPUS’ON WAYS OF LIFE?
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Published:2022-08-17
Issue:
Volume:68
Page:208-230
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ISSN:1750-2705
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Container-title:The Cambridge Classical Journal
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language:en
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Short-container-title:Camb. class. j.
Author:
Ranocchia Graziano
Abstract
P.Herc.1384 preserves an ethical work focusing on the wise man's lifestyle. This work, which had formerly been attributed to the Epicurean Philodemus, has recently been proven to be Stoic instead, and has been assigned to either an early or a second-century BC Cynicising Stoic philosopher. This article, while confirming the Stoic authorship ofP.Herc.1384, shows that it can only belong to Chrysippus or one of his immediate successors and brings forward new evidence in favour of Chrysippus himself. In particular, several arguments allow us to advance an identification with book 1 of his lostPeri biōn.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Subject
Literature and Literary Theory,Linguistics and Language,Language and Linguistics,Classics
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