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- Title
IL CONSIGLIO DI TIRESIA: NOTA A HOR. SERM. 2, 5.
- Authors
Andrisani, Giovanni
- Abstract
In satire 2, 5, Horace reports Ulysses' conversation with Tiresias, laughing at his plan of getting rich again when he returns to Ithaca. This paper highlights the similarity between this scene and the famous anecdote related by Plutarch in the Life of Cato the Elder: in Plutarch's passage, because of Polybius's attempt to intercede with the Senate on behalf of the Greek exiles for a second time, Cato compares him with Ulysses coming back to Polyphemus' cave just to recover his belt and hat.
- Subjects
SATIRE; CAVES; EXILES; ANECDOTES; BELTS (Clothing); HORACE, 65 B.C.-8 B.C.; PLUTARCH, ca. 46-120
- Publication
Rivista di Filologia e Istruzione Classica, 2020, Vol 148, Issue 1, p145
- ISSN
0035-6220
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1484/j.rfic.5.124354