Transpositions and Emendations in Seneca's Tragedies

Fitch, John G.

doi:10.2307/1192602

Phoenix

2002

DOI: 10.2307/1192602

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Transpositions and Emendations in Seneca's Tragedies

John G. Fitch¹

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“…612).34 Frank points out (after Zwierlein) that mare can be regarded as the subject of all three problematic clauses, and that the emendation propius is necessary because propior does not agree with anything in these sentences.35 According to the author, Seneca refers periphrastically to the northern and southern ends of the coast of Asia Minor (that is, the vicinity of the Dardanelles/Hellespont and Lycia, respectively) and in this way closes the catalogue of regions (enumerated in Phoen. 602-609) situated between these two extreme points and washed by the 'Jonian' sea, that is, the Aegean Sea.36 That Seneca uses the name 'Jonian' to refer to the Aegean Sea is also suggested by Hirschberg.37 31 Zwierlein 1986b;Chaumartin 1996Chaumartin -1999Fitch 2002-2004. Giardina 2007-2009 introduces the conjecture proposed by Avantius 1517, Abydi, and the reading preserved in the A-branch: oppositae.…”

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“…46 Cf. Zwierlein 1986bChaumartin 1996Chaumartin -1999Fitch 2002Fitch -2004but not Giardina 2007but not Giardina -2009 As Giardina, I accept the MS division of Oed. 735-737. tellure nati (Leo) or dente viri vipereo sati (Boyle), or simply Sparti.47 See also two other instances of a sentence without an explicit subject that can be guessed from the context: Iamque amplexu frigida presso | saxa fatigant i.e.,homines aegri, The unanimous reading of the MSS in Phoen.…”

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“…36 Cf. also Fitch 2002, 306-307. 37 Hirschberg 1989 some notes on the text of seneca ' s phoenician women…”

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“…3 Cf. Viansino 1965Zwierlein 1986b;Chaumartin 1996Chaumartin -1999Fitch 2002Fitch -2004Giardina 2007-2009. 4 Gronovius 1662.…”

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“…33 Cf. Viansino 1965Zwierlein 1986b;Chaumartin 1996Chaumartin -1999Fitch 2002Fitch -2004 Bentley 1899, 15; Gronovius 1662. 35 Frank 1995, 241-242;Zwierlein 1986a, 127-128.…”

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Some Notes on the Text of Seneca’s Phoenician Women

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2022

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This article aims to revise previous findings concerning selected passages of Seneca’s Phoenician Women (374-375; 610-613; 184-187; 314-315; 437-439; 631-632). In each of them, the unanimous reading of the MSS was replaced by conjectures which are now almost universally accepted by reputable editors and commentators. To justify these emendations, it was argued that the MS phrase did not make sense or was grammatically or stylistically incorrect; sometimes, the text was modified on the assumption that the author had imitated another poet when working on a particular line. In this paper, the passages are analysed in the light of Seneca’s other statements and against the broader background of ancient literary tradition. The results show that the conjectures are based on unconfirmed assumptions or flawed premises and thus should be rejected in favour of the MS reading.

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“…36 Cf. also Fitch 2002, 306-307. 37 Hirschberg 1989 some notes on the text of seneca ' s phoenician women…”

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“…3 Cf. Viansino 1965Zwierlein 1986b;Chaumartin 1996Chaumartin -1999Fitch 2002Fitch -2004Giardina 2007-2009. 4 Gronovius 1662.…”

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“…33 Cf. Viansino 1965Zwierlein 1986b;Chaumartin 1996Chaumartin -1999Fitch 2002Fitch -2004 Bentley 1899, 15; Gronovius 1662. 35 Frank 1995, 241-242;Zwierlein 1986a, 127-128.…”

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Oedipus Haerens: Paranoid Lagging in Seneca’s Phoenissae

Graf

2024

Classical Antiquity

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This paper is an attempt to think through paranoia’s epistemic and affective features, which pervade both the worldview presented in Senecan tragedy and the inner life of many of its protagonists. Drawing upon recent literary-critical work, I argue that paranoia is temporally and epistemically ambivalent: subjects simultaneously attempt to “get ahead” of a looming cataclysm—looking to the future in an attempt to avert disaster—while inevitably “falling behind,” failing to predict or preempt the future in time to protect themselves. Much of Senecan tragedy plays out paranoia’s future-oriented vigilance on the formal level. Foreshadowing, allusions, and meta-literary flourishes serve to render both readers and characters hyperaware of the earth-shattering horrors to come; however, in doing so, they also reveal that this forward-oriented bracing only serves to dredge up negative affect in advance. By contrast, I argue that Seneca’s Phoenissae thematizes in the character of Oedipus not only paranoia’s future-looking vigilance but also its inherent lagging, the failure to know and act in advance. These elements of slowness, stuckness, and delay open a space for stillness, relief, and intimacy, even within a narrative which hurtles toward cataclysm.

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Decisa forficibus

Zago¹

2022

DILEF. Rivista Digitale Del Dipartimento Di Lettere E Filosofia

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Questo articolo offre note critico-testuali e nuove emendazioni a tre passi, Polyb. 7, 7, 7, Sen. Phae. 558, Ulpian. 1 ad edict. (Dig. 11, 4, 2 = Lenel, Paling. 185); mostra, inoltre, che il Ludus septem sapientum di Ausonio ha tra i suoi modelli letterari Phaedr. 5, 7 Z., e che Auian. fab. 9, 21 deriva da Catull. 115, 7.This article offers critical remarks and new emendations on three passages, Polyb. 7, 7, 7, Sen. Phae. 558, Ulpian. 1 ad edict. (Dig. 11, 4, 2 = Lenel, Paling. 185). It also shows that Ausonius’s Ludus septem sapientum has among its literary models Phaedr. 5, 7 Z., and that Auian. fab. 9, 21 derives from Catull. 115, 7.

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Transpositions and Emendations in Seneca's Tragedies

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Some Notes on the Text of Seneca’s Phoenician Women

Some Notes on the Text of Seneca’s Phoenician Women

Oedipus Haerens: Paranoid Lagging in Seneca’s Phoenissae

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