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Wiener Studien Band 133/2020 Zeitschrift für Klassische Philologie, Patristik und lateinische Tradition
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Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften Austrian Academy of Sciences Press
A-1011 Wien, Dr. Ignaz Seipel-Platz 2
Tel. +43-1-515 81/DW 3420, Fax +43-1-515 81/DW 3400 https://verlag.oeaw.ac.at, e-mail: verlag@oeaw.ac.at |
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Wiener Studien Band 133/2020 Zeitschrift für Klassische Philologie, Patristik und lateinische Tradition
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ISSN 0084-005X
Print Edition ISSN 1813-3924 Online Edition ISBN 978-3-7001-8741-7 Print Edition ISBN 978-3-7001-8786-8 Online Edition
doi:10.1553/wst133
Wiener Studien 133 2020, 326 Seiten, 22,5x15cm, broschiert, deutsch/englisch/ französisch/italienisch € 89,–
Dagmar Kiesel
S. 169 - 214 doi:10.1553/wst133s169 Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften doi:10.1553/wst133s169
Abstract: Of Seneca’s eight authentic tragedies, Hercules furens exhibits the most divergent hermeneutic perspectives on the titular hero. These range from devaluation of Hercules as an ignorant individual torn by conflicting emotions to appreciation of him as a Stoic hero. This contribution supports the latter position, following Zwierlein (1984), Wiener (2006), and with explicit recourse to Seneca’s philosophical views. Firstly, I argue that Seneca’s Hercules is pictured as a figure characterized by virtus, not by hybris. He thus matches the positive image of the god-like hero of the philosophical schools that interested Seneca (viz. Cynicism and the Stoics). Secondly, I show that Seneca in the tragedy dramatizes the difference between madness caused by false beliefs and pathological madness for which the sufferer is not responsible (cf. epist. 94,17), attributing the former to Juno, and the latter to Hercules. A comparison of Medea, who exemplifies anger in Seneca’s tragedy of the same name, with Juno in the Hercules Furens and an analysis of Hercules’ atrocity against the background of Aristotelian considerations on action against one’s will in EN 3 conclude the article. Published Online: 2020/07/23 06:54:10 Object Identifier: 0xc1aa5576 0x003bb6f3 Rights: . Andreas H e i l , Jörgensens Gesetz in der homerischen Nekyia
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Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften Austrian Academy of Sciences Press
A-1011 Wien, Dr. Ignaz Seipel-Platz 2
Tel. +43-1-515 81/DW 3420, Fax +43-1-515 81/DW 3400 https://verlag.oeaw.ac.at, e-mail: verlag@oeaw.ac.at |