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nempe exemplis discimus
(2018)
‘Tradition’ and ‘example’ are key concepts of the ancient fable. The fable has not only developed a literary tradition of its own, but from the beginning, it was also used as a rhetorical device, the exemplum. A diachronic overview of the genre and especially the use of the fable as exemplum reveals that Phaedrus adapts these terms in a new and ingenious way. In a case study of fable 3.9 this paper demonstrates how the fable finds its place in the literary tradition of the motif, how Socrates is presented as a model for the poet’s persona and how an intricate network of inter- and intratextual references is established between Socrates, Aesop, Phaedrus, and his potential successors. The subtle irony of the poet is particularly evident in the gradual development of the poet’s persona into a caricature, but the message of the fable itself remains unaffected: the value of true friendship.
In the Posthomerica references to an omnipotent fate or to the power of the gods are strikingly frequent. Modern scholarship has often treated this as Stoic. Closer reading reveals that Quintus is, on the one hand, following the Homeric concept of double motivation, according to which humans can be motivated by a deity only to an act that conforms to their character and for which they are responsible. On the other hand, Quintus gives these statements on responsibility to characters who are trying to excuse their own acts to themselves and, particularly, to others, i.e. they are motivated contextually. It would be non-Stoic to excuse oneself for a bad deed by reference to an almighty fate. It seems that Quintus, by presenting this tension, wanted the reader to reconsider and reflect on the different concepts.
www.BrAnD2.Würde.
(2018)
Das Zweite Brandenburger Antike-Denkwerk zielt auf die Zusammenarbeit der Klassischen Philologie der Universität Potsdam mit fünf landesweit ausgewählten Schulen. 2015/6 war das Projekt dem Thema „Würde“ gewidmet. Erste Aspekte beleuchteten Prof. Dr. Claudia Tiersch und PD Dr. Stefan Büttner-von Stülpnagel auf dem Potsdamer Lateintag. Anschließend wurde das Thema von den am Projekt beteiligten Schülerinnen und Schülern unter der Leitung von Prof. Dr. Ursula Gärtner in ganz unterschiedlichen Produkten umgesetzt. Alle diese Beiträge versammelt der vorliegende Band.
Das Projekt wird von der der Robert-Bosch-Stiftung gefördert.
In the Posthomerica references to an omnipotent fate or to the power of the gods are strikingly frequent. Modern scholarship has often treated this as Stoic. Closer reading reveals that Quintus is, on the one hand, following the Homeric concept of double motivation, according to which humans can be motivated by a deity only to an act that conforms to their character and for which they are responsible. On the other hand, Quintus gives these statements on responsibility to characters who are trying to excuse their own acts to themselves and, particularly, to others, i.e. they are motivated contextually. It would be non-Stoic to excuse oneself for a bad deed by reference to an almighty fate. It seems that Quintus, by presenting this tension, wanted the reader to reconsider and reflect
on the different concepts.
Vorwort
(2014)
Vorwort
(2014)