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Ermotimo e Marco Aurelio

Published:2022-06-30 Issue:1 Volume: Page:
ISSN:2724-1564
Container-title:Num. 40 (n.s.) – Giugno 2022 – Fasc. 1
language:it
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Author:

Tomassi Gianluigi¹

Affiliation:

1. Independent Scholar

Abstract

Lucian loves to manipulate iconic literary types with biographical details of contemporary celebrities thereby creating an intriguing dialectical exchange between fantasy and reality. Following this pattern, the main character of the Hermotimus both descends from the immortal philosophers of comedy and reveals some traits of the ‘philosopher in purple’ Marcus Aurelius. If the highlighted similarities between the image of Hermotimus and Marcus Aurelius’ life and are convincing, it becomes possible to suggest dating the dialogue to around 176 AD.

Publisher

Edizioni Ca Foscari

Subject

Literature and Literary Theory,Classics

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