Seneca and the satire of Emperor Claudius

Authors

  • José Carlos Silva de Almeida Doutor em Filosofia pela Pontifícia Universidade Antonianum (Roma) e professor do curso de Filosofia da Universidade Federal do Ceará

Keywords:

Seneca. Claudius. Satire. Apotheosis. Apokolocyntosis.

Abstract

This article presents a masterpiece of Roman satire written by Lucius Annaeus Seneca, in which the Emperor Claudius, instead of becoming a god after his death, is transformed into a “pumpkin”, image of a fool, who in life had been the object of laughter for his physical and moral defects in the Roman court and among the subjects.

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Published

2014-07-01

Issue

No. 12

Section

Dossiê Filosofia Antiga

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