CP 119 (2024), 426-9.
As part of his strategy in Pro Caelio of making Caelius’ alleged disreputa... more CP 119 (2024), 426-9.
As part of his strategy in Pro Caelio of making Caelius’ alleged disreputable lifestyle appear acceptable, Cicero among other things invokes the fashionable hedonism of Epicurean philosophy (41). This paper argues that at Cael. 42, there is a hitherto undetected allusion to a statement by Epicurus himself (frag. 67 U., 22.1 A.), which further contributes to Cicero’s argument.
In: Nigidius Figulus: Roman Polymath. Ed. by Katharina Volk. Leiden: Brill 2024, pp. 1-17.
ttps:/... more In: Nigidius Figulus: Roman Polymath. Ed. by Katharina Volk. Leiden: Brill 2024, pp. 1-17. ttps://brill.com/display/title/69681?language=en
In Roman Perspectives on Linguistic Diversity: Guardians of a Changing Language, ed. by A. Gitner... more In Roman Perspectives on Linguistic Diversity: Guardians of a Changing Language, ed. by A. Gitner. New York: Oxford University Press, 2023, pp. 23-32.
In Ovid, Death and Transfiguration, ed. by J. Farrell, J. F. Miller, D. P. Nelis, and A. Schiesar... more In Ovid, Death and Transfiguration, ed. by J. Farrell, J. F. Miller, D. P. Nelis, and A. Schiesaro. Leiden: Brill, 2023, pp. 367-85.
In Power and Persuasion in Cicero’s Philosophy, ed. by N. Gilbert, M. Graver, and S. McConnell. C... more In Power and Persuasion in Cicero’s Philosophy, ed. by N. Gilbert, M. Graver, and S. McConnell. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2023, 205-217 .
In Epicurus in Rome: Philosophical Perspectives in the Ciceronian Age, ed. by S. Yona and G. Davi... more In Epicurus in Rome: Philosophical Perspectives in the Ciceronian Age, ed. by S. Yona and G. Davis. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2022, pp. 72-86.
In this paper, I build on work by Mario Labate and Roy Gibson, as well as my own earlier publica... more In this paper, I build on work by Mario Labate and Roy Gibson, as well as my own earlier publications, to argue that the Ars amatoria and Remedia amoris are profoundly philosophical poems. The Hellenistic philosophies popular at Rome on Ovid's time, first and foremost Stoicism and Epicureanism, market themselves as "arts of life," rational techniques that via a kind of cognitive-behavioral therapy enable their practitioners to achieve their goal, viz. happiness or the uita beata. Ovid's amatory didactic adopts many of the images and practices of the philosophical schools, including the idea of ignorance and unhappiness as a form of physical or mental illness; the typical intellectualism of ancient philosophy, according to which a problem understood is a problem solved; the rhetoric of (self-)exhortation; the stress on the "care of the self"; the downgrading of the emotions; and the optimistic belief that all humans are capable of living the happy life—or having a flourishing love affair. It is my contention that Ovid does not simply employ such concepts as part of an intertextual and intellectual game, but that his Art of Love—with its stress on the ability of human ingenuity to shape reality—presents, in its own Ovidian way, a serious art of life of its own. While it do not dispute the parodic and satirical elements of the Ars and Remedia (two of the funniest texts ever written), I do not, unlike certain scholars, view Ovid's humor as destructive or pessimistic, but rather as the vehicle of a humane vision of human life and interpersonal relations.
In Constructing Authors and Readers in the Appendices Vergiliana, Tibulliana, and Ovidiana, ed. ... more In Constructing Authors and Readers in the Appendices Vergiliana, Tibulliana, and Ovidiana, ed. by T. E. Franklinos and L. Fulkerson. Oxford: Oxford University Press (2020), pp. 212-222.
In R. Gibson and C. Whitton (eds.), The Cambridge Critical Guide to Latin Literature (Cambridge U... more In R. Gibson and C. Whitton (eds.), The Cambridge Critical Guide to Latin Literature (Cambridge University Press, 2024), 700-752.
CP 119 (2024), 426-9.
As part of his strategy in Pro Caelio of making Caelius’ alleged disreputa... more CP 119 (2024), 426-9.
As part of his strategy in Pro Caelio of making Caelius’ alleged disreputable lifestyle appear acceptable, Cicero among other things invokes the fashionable hedonism of Epicurean philosophy (41). This paper argues that at Cael. 42, there is a hitherto undetected allusion to a statement by Epicurus himself (frag. 67 U., 22.1 A.), which further contributes to Cicero’s argument.
In: Nigidius Figulus: Roman Polymath. Ed. by Katharina Volk. Leiden: Brill 2024, pp. 1-17.
ttps:/... more In: Nigidius Figulus: Roman Polymath. Ed. by Katharina Volk. Leiden: Brill 2024, pp. 1-17. ttps://brill.com/display/title/69681?language=en
In Roman Perspectives on Linguistic Diversity: Guardians of a Changing Language, ed. by A. Gitner... more In Roman Perspectives on Linguistic Diversity: Guardians of a Changing Language, ed. by A. Gitner. New York: Oxford University Press, 2023, pp. 23-32.
In Ovid, Death and Transfiguration, ed. by J. Farrell, J. F. Miller, D. P. Nelis, and A. Schiesar... more In Ovid, Death and Transfiguration, ed. by J. Farrell, J. F. Miller, D. P. Nelis, and A. Schiesaro. Leiden: Brill, 2023, pp. 367-85.
In Power and Persuasion in Cicero’s Philosophy, ed. by N. Gilbert, M. Graver, and S. McConnell. C... more In Power and Persuasion in Cicero’s Philosophy, ed. by N. Gilbert, M. Graver, and S. McConnell. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2023, 205-217 .
In Epicurus in Rome: Philosophical Perspectives in the Ciceronian Age, ed. by S. Yona and G. Davi... more In Epicurus in Rome: Philosophical Perspectives in the Ciceronian Age, ed. by S. Yona and G. Davis. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2022, pp. 72-86.
In this paper, I build on work by Mario Labate and Roy Gibson, as well as my own earlier publica... more In this paper, I build on work by Mario Labate and Roy Gibson, as well as my own earlier publications, to argue that the Ars amatoria and Remedia amoris are profoundly philosophical poems. The Hellenistic philosophies popular at Rome on Ovid's time, first and foremost Stoicism and Epicureanism, market themselves as "arts of life," rational techniques that via a kind of cognitive-behavioral therapy enable their practitioners to achieve their goal, viz. happiness or the uita beata. Ovid's amatory didactic adopts many of the images and practices of the philosophical schools, including the idea of ignorance and unhappiness as a form of physical or mental illness; the typical intellectualism of ancient philosophy, according to which a problem understood is a problem solved; the rhetoric of (self-)exhortation; the stress on the "care of the self"; the downgrading of the emotions; and the optimistic belief that all humans are capable of living the happy life—or having a flourishing love affair. It is my contention that Ovid does not simply employ such concepts as part of an intertextual and intellectual game, but that his Art of Love—with its stress on the ability of human ingenuity to shape reality—presents, in its own Ovidian way, a serious art of life of its own. While it do not dispute the parodic and satirical elements of the Ars and Remedia (two of the funniest texts ever written), I do not, unlike certain scholars, view Ovid's humor as destructive or pessimistic, but rather as the vehicle of a humane vision of human life and interpersonal relations.
In Constructing Authors and Readers in the Appendices Vergiliana, Tibulliana, and Ovidiana, ed. ... more In Constructing Authors and Readers in the Appendices Vergiliana, Tibulliana, and Ovidiana, ed. by T. E. Franklinos and L. Fulkerson. Oxford: Oxford University Press (2020), pp. 212-222.
In R. Gibson and C. Whitton (eds.), The Cambridge Critical Guide to Latin Literature (Cambridge U... more In R. Gibson and C. Whitton (eds.), The Cambridge Critical Guide to Latin Literature (Cambridge University Press, 2024), 700-752.
Nigidius Figulus: Roman Polymath. Ed. by Katharina Volk. Leiden: Brill, 2024.
ttps://brill.com/d... more Nigidius Figulus: Roman Polymath. Ed. by Katharina Volk. Leiden: Brill, 2024.
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This volume of conference proceedings, the first of its kind on Manilius, seeks to bring new audi... more This volume of conference proceedings, the first of its kind on Manilius, seeks to bring new audiences to and incite (new) readings of a neglected Augustan poet on astrology.
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As part of his strategy in Pro Caelio of making Caelius’ alleged disreputable lifestyle appear acceptable, Cicero among other things invokes the fashionable hedonism of Epicurean philosophy (41). This paper argues that at Cael. 42, there is a hitherto undetected allusion to a statement by Epicurus himself (frag. 67 U., 22.1 A.), which further contributes to Cicero’s argument.
ttps://brill.com/display/title/69681?language=en
As part of his strategy in Pro Caelio of making Caelius’ alleged disreputable lifestyle appear acceptable, Cicero among other things invokes the fashionable hedonism of Epicurean philosophy (41). This paper argues that at Cael. 42, there is a hitherto undetected allusion to a statement by Epicurus himself (frag. 67 U., 22.1 A.), which further contributes to Cicero’s argument.
ttps://brill.com/display/title/69681?language=en
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