Hesiodic Patterns in Lucan: Cosmic and Civil Wars

Abstract

This paper discusses Lucan' s reception of Hesiod, indicating how the Roman poet uses his predecessor to his own ends. It deals with the role of Hesiod in Lucan' s view of civil war as a manifestation of cosmic phenomena. Two Lucanian characters are given special emphasis: Figulus and Erictho. The article seeks to identify the effect obtained in specific passages through allusion to Hesiod and explain the importance of Hesiodic paradigms in defining more general structuring patterns in the Bellum Civile, in particular as regards the connections between the political and the cosmic spheres of the war(s) related by Lucan. It argues that the relationship between Lucan and Hesiod is relevant for our interpretation of both poets.

O papel das alusões à “poesia didática” hesiódica no Idílio 10 de teócrito

“…19 17 Ver PÖHLMANN, 1973, p. 815-835, ROLIM DE MOURA, 2012, p. 34-35, com n. 41, HUNTER, 2014, p. 87-93, e SIDER, 2014, todos com referências a mais bibliografia. Sobre a recepção antiga de Hesíodo de forma mais ampla, ver as referências em ROLIM DE MOURA, 2020, p. 48, n. 4, esp. KONING, 2010 18 A confusão indevida entre os subgêneros, no entanto, é castigada, entre outros, por ROSENMEYER, 1969, p. 20-29, e SCHMIDT, 1972 Na tradução, procuramos indicar que o original está em dórico adaptando os nomes próprios, quando possível, para formas que lembrem características desse dialeto (assim, por exemplo, "Afrodita" em vez de "Afrodite").…”