Object's details: Stoic Caricature in Lucian’s De astrologia: Verisimilitude As Comedy

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Title:
Stoic Caricature in Lucian’s De astrologia: Verisimilitude As Comedy
Creator:
McNamara, Charles
Description:
The inclusion of De astrologia in the Lucianic corpus has been disputed for centuries since it appears to defend astrological practices that Lucian elsewhere undercuts. This paper argues for Lucian’s authorship by illustrating its masterful subversion of a captatio benevolentiae and subtle rejection of Stoic astrological practices. The narrator begins the text by blaming phony astrologers and their erroneous predictions for inciting others to “denounce the stars and hate astrology” (ἄστρων τε κατηγοροῦσιν καὶ αὐτὴν στρολογίην μισέουσιν, 2). The narrator assures readers that he, the knowledgeable astrologer, will correct for the “stupidity and laziness” (μαθίῃ καὶ ῥαθυμίῃ, ibid.) that bring about false predictions. The narrator’s credibility quickly decays when he attempts to recast Orpheus, Bellerophon, Icarus, Daedalus, and a host of other mythological figures as Greek astrologers. Lucian’s audience would expect such far-fetched interpretations of myth from the stereotypical Stoic philosopher, a character lampooned elsewhere in the Lucianic corpus.
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free access
Rights:
Prawa autorskie (c) 2018 Peitho. Examina Antiqua
Date:
2013.06.03
Type:
info:eu-repo/semantics/article;
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion;
Articles;
Artykuł naukowy
Language:
English
Source:
Peitho. Examina Antiqua; Vol. 4 No. 1 (2013); 235-253;
Peitho. Examina Antiqua; Tom 4 Nr 1 (2013); 235-253;
2082-7539
Format:
application/pdf
Publisher:
Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan
Relation: http://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/peitho/article/view/8219/8104
Subject:
Lucian;
astrology;
astronomy;
Stoicism;
rhetoric
Identifier: http://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/peitho/article/view/8219
Data provider:
Platforma Otwartych Czasopism Naukowych UAM

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