Interprétation politique et datation de Phèdre de Sénèque
The question of the date of Seneca’s Phaedra has been much debated. Here, I propose a period when the poet was removed from political activity (62-65), and put forward the following idea: If we accept Seneca’s use of the inversion of the sexes to avoid suspicions by concealment, should we recognize...
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| description | The question of the date of Seneca’s Phaedra has been much debated. Here, I propose a period when the poet was removed from political activity (62-65), and put forward the following idea: If we accept Seneca’s use of the inversion of the sexes to avoid suspicions by concealment, should we recognize in the innocent Hippolytus the innocent Octavia? Phaedra would be Nero, and the nurse Seneca himself; the epithet tristis which occurs 12 times in the piece would be appropriate for Octavia; completed by sterilis (sterilitas is the charge brought by Nero against his young wife to repudiate her), it introduces for Hippolytus two notions that do not appear in Euripides and this strongly suggests the identity Hippolytus-Octavia. The portrait of Phaedra recalls the traditional image of Nero as a tyrant. The two characters are united by the relationship they maintain with the Sun. To support the identification of Nero with Phaedra and Octavia with Hippolytus we bring forward a number of arguments that incite us to suggest as the date for Phaedra the interval between 62 and 65, in any case after the death of Octavia and perhaps after 64. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3a6899f62bf84760828d8215f48e070d2023-02-09T16:30:40ZfraPresses universitaires du MidiPallas0031-03872272-76392018-12-0110819720810.4000/pallas.10296Interprétation politique et datation de Phèdre de SénèqueDimitrios RaïosThe question of the date of Seneca’s Phaedra has been much debated. Here, I propose a period when the poet was removed from political activity (62-65), and put forward the following idea: If we accept Seneca’s use of the inversion of the sexes to avoid suspicions by concealment, should we recognize in the innocent Hippolytus the innocent Octavia? Phaedra would be Nero, and the nurse Seneca himself; the epithet tristis which occurs 12 times in the piece would be appropriate for Octavia; completed by sterilis (sterilitas is the charge brought by Nero against his young wife to repudiate her), it introduces for Hippolytus two notions that do not appear in Euripides and this strongly suggests the identity Hippolytus-Octavia. The portrait of Phaedra recalls the traditional image of Nero as a tyrant. The two characters are united by the relationship they maintain with the Sun. To support the identification of Nero with Phaedra and Octavia with Hippolytus we bring forward a number of arguments that incite us to suggest as the date for Phaedra the interval between 62 and 65, in any case after the death of Octavia and perhaps after 64.http://journals.openedition.org/pallas/10296Latin theaterliterature and politics under NerodissimulatioSenecaPhaedraOctavia |
| spellingShingle | Dimitrios Raïos Interprétation politique et datation de Phèdre de Sénèque Pallas Latin theater literature and politics under Nero dissimulatio Seneca Phaedra Octavia |
| title | Interprétation politique et datation de Phèdre de Sénèque |
| title_full | Interprétation politique et datation de Phèdre de Sénèque |
| title_fullStr | Interprétation politique et datation de Phèdre de Sénèque |
| title_full_unstemmed | Interprétation politique et datation de Phèdre de Sénèque |
| title_short | Interprétation politique et datation de Phèdre de Sénèque |
| title_sort | interpretation politique et datation de phedre de seneque |
| topic | Latin theater literature and politics under Nero dissimulatio Seneca Phaedra Octavia |
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