Lucanian Pragmatism and the Manilian Cosmos

IF 0.4 3区 历史学 0 CLASSICS MNEMOSYNE Pub Date : 2023-11-25 DOI:10.1163/1568525x-bja10183
Elaine C. Sanderson
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Lucan’s invocation to Nero (1.33-66) is notorious for its seemingly contradictory praise and condemnation of the emperor. While analyses of this passage often turn to Virgil’s Georgics (1.24-28, 489-497, 500-515) to begin to explain this inherent paradox, Grimal (2010) has demonstrated the importance of Manilius’ Astronomica as a cosmological framework for these lines which invites a more positive reading of Nero’s presentation here. By examining the presence of two Manilian models in Lucan’s invocation to Nero, their contributions to the Lucanian cosmos, and their consequences for our understanding of the options laid out for the emperor’s heavenly future, this study argues for a more pragmatic—even hopeful—reading of Nero’s apotheosis and the implications of this for Lucan’s commentary on the Neronian present.
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卢卡尼亚的实用主义和马尼拉的宇宙
卢坎对尼禄的祈祷(1.33-66)因其看似矛盾的赞美和谴责皇帝而臭名昭著。虽然对这段话的分析通常会转向维吉尔的《圣歌》(1.24- 28,489 - 497,500 -515)来开始解释这个固有的悖论,但格里马尔(2010)已经证明了曼尼利乌斯的《天文学》作为这些诗句的宇宙学框架的重要性,这让我们对尼禄在这里的表述有了更积极的解读。通过考察卢坎对尼禄的祈祷中出现的两种马尼拉模式,他们对卢坎宇宙的贡献,以及他们对我们理解皇帝的天堂未来的选择的影响,本研究主张对尼禄的神化进行更务实的——甚至是充满希望的——解读,以及这对卢坎对尼禄现在的评论的影响。
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期刊介绍: Since its first appearance as a journal of textual criticism in 1852, Mnemosyne has secured a position as one of the leading journals in its field worldwide. Its reputation is built on the Dutch academic tradition, famous for its rigour and thoroughness. It attracts contributions from all over the world, with the result that Mnemosyne is distinctive for a combination of scholarly approaches from both sides of the Atlantic and the Equator. Its presence in libraries around the globe is a sign of its continued reputation as an invaluable resource for scholarship in Classical studies.
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