The Structure of Lucretius' 'Anthropology'

Farrell, Joseph

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“…Things begin to change during the first phase of family life as fire and sexual intimacy soften a once tough species and children break their parents' arrogant spirit (ingenium... superbum, 5.1018) 90 . The 88 -Softness of first children: Farrell (1994) 91. Feminization: Nussbaum (1994Campbell (2003) 267.…”

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“…Many of these scholars ascribe elements of both primitivism and progressivism to Lucretius. For some recent attempts to move past these terms altogether, see Farrell (1994); Campbell (2003) 10-12, 181-2;id. (2006) 39-60. dominantly poetic terms, 5.1011-27 has been seen largely in terms of doctrinal Epicurean positions.…”

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“…-SoCampbell (2003) 130, noting how the didactic need to treat topics separately may trump historical 'accuracy'. On the uneven chronology, see alsoFarrell (1994);Gale (1994) 169-70. 27 -Although the agency of natura is still faintly at work when Lucretius speaks of animals 'commended to us' (nobis... commendata, 5.860-1) and 'entrusted to our protection' (tutelae tradita nostrae, 5.861; see also 5.867).28 -The language of mutual advantage in Lucretius's discussion suggests a quasi-compact between domestic animals and early humans, centered on the exchange of protection for utility.…”

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The poetics of anthropogony: men, women, and children in Lucretius, book five

Holmes

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“The Poetics of Anthropogony: Men, Women, and Children in Lucretius, Book Five” analyzes how Lucretius handles a significant problem in Epicurean accounts of the origins of humans and human culture – namely, how a species that, unlike any other, enters the world “in need of every kind of vital support” (indigus omni uitali auxilio) as Lucretius himself famously writes in an argument against a providential ordering of the cosmos, ever managed to survive. The young nurturing earth plays a crucial role in the early survival of the species, but the earth’s aging necessitates another solution. I argue that this takes the form of the early societies that Lucretius describes in a well-known but puzzling excursus at 5.1011-1027. With the rise of human society, fathers come to take on the role of the young earth in protecting children as well as women, while at the same time taking care to protect themselves through a male community. The passage thus responds not only to Epicurean ideas about justice and friendship but also obliquely addresses, through what I term “poetic logic”, questions of infancy, vulnerability, and care that are generated by the first phases of the origin narrative.

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The poetics of anthropogony: men, women, and children in Lucretius, book five

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“…31 Τπυ ηδκ επίδναζδ ηςκ θζθμζμθζηχκ απυρεςκ ημο Δπίημονμο, μ Λμοηνήηζμξ εα ενιδκεφζεζ ηδκ ζζημνία ηδξ ακενςπυηδηαξ ςξ ιία ζοκεπή ελέθζλδ, απυ ηδκ πνχηδ θοζζηή ειθάκζζδ ηςκ ακενχπςκ ζηδ βδ έςξ ημοξ ζφβπνμκμοξ πμθζηζζιμφξ. Βθέπε πεναζηένς Taylor (1947), Ruch (1969), Bertoli (1980), Farrell (1994) (1.10.7b-11a) 67 Henniges (1979) (1985). 44 Bees (1993) 158.…”

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“…Γηα κηα πεξαηηέξσ αλάιπζε βιέπεFarrell (1994) θαηGale (1994) 169-77.24 ΒιέπεGale (2000) 63-4, ηδίσο ζεκ. 21.25 Η πνιππινθφηεηα ηνπ πνηήκαηνο έρεη επηζεκαλζεί θαη απφ ηνλDalzell (1996) 115 ν νπνίνο επηζεκαίλεη φηη «ν ηφλνο θαη ε δηάζεζε θαίλνληαη λα αιιάδνπλ δηαξθψο».…”

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12 είδνπο γεληθφηεξα 40 . ε απηή ηελ αληίζεζε, ηελ νπνία ν Σ. εθκεηαιιεχεηαη δηαξθψο ζηηο ειεγείεο ηνπ, ν Van Nortwick αλεπξίζθεη κηα ζχλδεζε αλάκεζα ζηε βνπθνιηθή θαη ηελ εξσηηθή ειεγεία 41 . Η ηδέα φηη ε επηπρία ησλ αλζξψπσλ δελ έγθεηηαη ζηελ πνιπηέιεηα ηνπ ζχγρξνλνπ πνιηηηζκνχ αιιά ζε έλα είδνο δσήο βαζηζκέλν ζηελ νιηγάξθεηα, ηελ απηάξθεηα θαη ηελ απιφηεηα, πνπ απνηειεί θπξίαξρν ραξαθηεξηζηηθφ ηεο βνπθνιηθήο πνίεζεο, πηνζεηείηαη θαη απφ ηνλ Σ. 42 . Όια απηά ηα κνηίβα θαηά ηνλ έλα ή ηνλ άιιν ηξφπν αιιεινδηαπιέθνληαη ζηηο ειεγείεο ηνπ θαη νινθιεξψλνπλ ηελ εηθφλα ηεο vita iners. Η paupertas (κε ηελ έλλνηα ηεο πενίας θαη φρη ηεο egestas) ειεπζεξψλεη, ελψ νη divitiae ππνδνπιψλνπλ ηνλ άλζξσπν: απηφο είλαη έλαο δηάζεκνο θηινζνθηθφο ηφπνο ν νπνίνο εκθαλίδεηαη θαη ζηελ πνίεζε ηνπ Σ. 43 . Ο πνηεηήο θαηαξηέηαη ηελ πνιπηέιεηα, ηε λαπηηιία, ηνλ πφιεκν, φπσο αθξηβψο θάλνπλ θάπνηα θηινζνθηθά ζπγγξάκκαηα, αιιά απηφ ην εθθξάδεη ζην πεξηβάιινλ ηεο εξσηηθήο ειεγείαο.Σν κνηίβν ηεο απιφηεηαο, κεηαμχ άιισλ, ν ειεγεηαθφο ην πξνζιακβάλεη απφ ηελ Διιεληζηηθή πνίεζε. Αλ θαη ν Mauriz Schuster είλαη ν πξψηνο πνπ κειέηεζε εμαληιεηηθά ην λφεκα ηεο paupertas ζηνλ θφζκν ηνπ Σ., ν Francis Cairns θαη ε Olga Cirillo ην εμέηαζαλ ζην πιαίζην ηεο ειιεληζηηθήο ινγνηερληθήο θνπιηνχξαο 44 .Οη ηειεπηαίνη κειεηεηέο εηδηθφηεξα έδεημαλ πσο ην κνηίβν ηεο paupertas απνηεινχζε έλαλ τόπο ήδε απφ ηελ αιεμαλδξηλή επνρή θαζψο εκθαλίδεηαη ηφζν ζηνλ 3 ν Ίαμβο ηνπ Καιιηκάρνπ (ν τόπος ηνπ θησρνχ πνηεηή) φζν θαη ζην 16 ν Ειδύλλιο ηνπ Θεφθξηηνπ. Σν κνηίβν ηεο απιφηεηαο, ην νπνίν ζα αλαδπζεί θαη θαηά ηελ αλάιπζε ησλ ειεγεηψλ καο, θάλεη ηελ εκθάληζή ηνπ απφ ηελ πξψηε θηφιαο πξνγξακκαηηθή ειεγεία: me mea paupertas vita traducat inerti | dum meus adsiduo luceat igne focus (ζη. 5-6: "ζε κέλα ε έιιεηςε κέζσλ αο δίλεη κηα ήζπρε δσή, | αξθεί ε εζηία λα ιάκπεη κε θιφγα πνπ πνηέ δελ ζβήλεη"). Σν φλεηξν ηεο Αξθαδίαο έρεη αλαγγειζεί θαηάιιεια ζε απηή ηελ ειεγεία φπνπ ε ιηηή, "ρξπζή" δσή αληηπαξαηίζεηαη ζηε δσή ηνπ πινχζηνπ. Έηζη ν Σ. βπζίδεηαη ζηηο εδνλέο ηεο αγξνηηθήο δσήο, αηζζάλεηαη αγξφηεο κεηαμχ ησλ αγξνηψλ (1.1.24-38) θαη δειψλεη επηπρηζκέλνο δηάγνληαο κηα νιηγαξθή δσή κέζα ζην αγξφθηεκά ηνπ (1.1.25-6), ελψ ηεξεί ην νξζφ κέηξν κεηαμχ πινχηνπ 40 Elder (1962) 79 θ.ε. 41 Van Nortwick (1990) 121. 42 Ο Vischer (1965) 143 ζεκ. 5, νξζά ηνπνζεηεί ζην ίδην ελλνηνινγηθφ πεδίν πιάη ζηελ paupertas, ηελ abstinentia, ηελ continentia, ηε frugalitas, ην simplex cibus, ηνλ tenuis victus θαη ην parce vivere. 43 Ο Milanese (1995) έρεη επαξθψο ηνλίζεη ηνλ ξφιν ηεο γλσκνινγηθήο ινγνηερλίαο ζηελ εμέιημε απηνχ ηνπ ζέκαηνο.

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Lucrezio, De rerum natura 5, 1120–1135 : riflessioni e una nuova proposta di trasposizione

Bruno¹

2017

Graeco-Latina Brunensia

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In this paper, I provide an analysis of Lucr. 5, 1120Lucr. 5, -1135 KeywordsLucretius; Epicureanism; textual criticism; textual transmission; transpositions Sono profondamente grata a Stephen Harrison, con cui ho discusso su molti aspetti del presente studio. Ringrazio David Butterfield, per il proficuo dialogo sul testo lucreziano. A Paolo Fedeli e Antonio Stramaglia, incomparabili guide per i loro preziosi suggerimenti metodologici, va il mio sentito ringraziamento anche per l'attenta lettura del manoscritto.

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The Structure of Lucretius' 'Anthropology'

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The poetics of anthropogony: men, women, and children in Lucretius, book five

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