Cornutus and Stoic Allegoresis: A Preliminary Report

Δευς in Cornutus

“…Concerning both passages, cf. Nock 1931, 1002, and Most 1989, 2030 also the consideration of the Greeks as a foreign people in Corn. ND 6.6.15-9, 17.26.7-15, 28.53.14-6, 35.75.1-2.…”

Interpretazioni stoiche ed epicuree in servio e la tradizione dell’esegesi filosofica del mito e dei poeti a Roma (Cornuto, Seneca, Filodemo), I

“…50. Tra gli altri Nock 1931, 999;Most 1989Most , 2020Most -20212024-2025Long 1992, 54-56;Dawson 1992, 24-25;Torre 2003, 168-170. 51.…”

“…Non 6 peraltro possibile arrivare a conclusioni troppo nette, perch6 Cornuto 6 tutt'altro che coerente. Come fa notareMost 1989Most , 2022, talora presenta gli antichi non come sapienti, ma come primitivi(20, pp. 39, 15 - 40, 2; 27, p. 50, 16-18); e i nomi pih antichi, lungi dal permettere di risalire meglio al K6~o~ originario, vengono da lui ritenuti difficili da analizzare etimologicamente (20, p. 36, 1-2).…”

Galen and Chrysippus on the Soul

“…also infra,p. 226 n. 29) and Most (1989) 2020 ff. on certain passages from Cornutus' Epidrome; Most, however, is sceptical on their value as evidence for the early Stoic view.…”

“…The few surviving reports on primitive wisdom seem to be derived from later Stoics. (5-13; 20-5; 30-2) are printed as Posidonius F 284 E.-K. That the early Stoics subscribed to the view that the earliest men were more intelligent is called into question by Most (1989) 2020 ff., but his argument that such a view would conflict with the Stoic tenet of the progress towards conflagration is unconvincing. In view of the cyclical nature of history, the beginning of each new cycle may also profit from being still near the culminating point.…”