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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.
Auch nach Abschluss unseres Brandenburger Antike-Denkwerks (BrAnD) mit dem letzten Durchgang 2010/11 fand jedes Jahr der Potsdamer Lateintag statt ‒ zu ganz unterschiedlichen Themen und mit ca. 500 Teilnehmerinnen und Teilnehmern immer sehr gut besucht: 2011: Antike Geschichtsschreibung, 2012: Tod und Jenseits, 2013: Römische Religion. Der Band versammelt die Vorträge dieser vergangenen Veranstaltungen von N. Holzberg, B. Labahn, Chr. Kunst, S. Büttner-von Stülpnagel, V. Rosenberger und D. Šterbenc Erker.