JOURNAL ARTICLE

DAEDALA IMAGO AND THE IMAGE OF THE WORLD IN LUCRETIUS' PROEM (1.5–8).

  • Published In: Classical Quarterly, 2023, v. 73, n. 2. P. 670 1 of 3

  • Database: Academic Search Ultimate 2 of 3

  • Authored By: Hasegawa, Alexandre 3 of 3

Abstract

This article aims to discuss how Lucretius arranges the four 'roots' at the end of successive lines of verse in the De rerum natura (henceforth, DRN) (1.5–8). In this passage Lucretius, alluding to Empedocles, puts the words in such an order that one can see the layers of the world by a vertical reading. In the same passage, Lucretius imitates the very beginning of Homer's ecphrasis (Il. 18.478–85), which the allegorical tradition will explain as an image of the world, related to Empedoclean theory. The article also discusses the allusion to Daedalus by means of the adjective daedalus in DRN 1.7 (daedala tellus), which could be related to both Empedocles and Homer. This adjective is a keyword for discussing the image produced by the words on the written page. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Additional Information

  • Source:Classical Quarterly. 2023/12, Vol. 73, Issue 2, p670
  • Document Type:Article
  • Subject Area:History
  • Publication Date:2023
  • ISSN:0009-8388
  • DOI:10.1017/S0009838823000617
  • Accession Number:177081603
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