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

    DOI:

    https://doi.org/10.36517/arf.v6i12.19063

    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.

    Published

    2014-07-01

    Issue

    Section

    Dossiê Filosofia Antiga

    How to Cite

    Almeida, J. C. S. de. (2014). Seneca and the satire of Emperor Claudius. Argumentos - Revista De Filosofia, 6(12). https://doi.org/10.36517/arf.v6i12.19063