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Iusti Lipsii Saturnalium Sermonum libri duo, qui de gladiatoribus
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Thema von Lipsius’ Saturnaliengespräche (1582) sind die Gladiatorenspiele. Alle Aspekte werden beleuchtet, zum Beispiel, welche Arten Gladiatoren es gab: da waren Kriminelle, aber auch hohe Beamte ...
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11 August 2011

Thema von Lipsius’ Saturnaliengespräche (1582) sind die Gladiatorenspiele. Alle Aspekte werden beleuchtet, zum Beispiel, welche Arten Gladiatoren es gab: da waren Kriminelle, aber auch hohe Beamte dabei, die – manchmal freiwillig – als Gladiatoren funktionierten. Die detaillierte Beschreibung schließt gut an bei seinen anderen historiographischen Werken, wie De Amphitheatro (1584). Am Ende der Saturnaliengespräche steht eine schwungvolle Rede über die bewundernswerten Beständigkeit der Gladiatoren. Lipsius spricht in verschiedenen Briefen über sie als leuchtende Vorbilder. Das passt zu seinem Vorhaben, die Stoa von Neuem bekannt zu machen. Er hatte dabei Erfolg, denn seine stoische Lehre erhielt viel Zuhörerschaft. De Constantia, das er 1584 zum ersten Mal publizierte, erfuhr zahllose Auflagen und Übersetzungen.
In his Saturnalian dialogues (1582), Lipsius describes all aspects of gladiatorial combat, for example, that a great variety of people – criminals but also highly placed officials – took part in the combats, sometimes as volunteers. This detailed description fits into Lipsius’ other historiographical works, such as De Amphitheatro, published in 1584. After an elaborate exposition about gladiators, in the last chapter of the Saturnalian dialogues he gives an impassioned speech about their admirable constancy despite extremely hard circumstances. In several letters, Lipsius also refers to gladiators as proper models to be imitated. His main aim, here and elsewhere, was the promotion of his Stoic ethic – a goal that would ultimately prove successful: De Constantia, first published in 1584, has gone through a large number of reprints, editions and translations.
In his Saturnalian dialogues (1582), Lipsius describes all aspects of gladiatorial combat, for example, that a great variety of people – criminals but also highly placed officials – took part in the combats, sometimes as volunteers. This detailed description fits into Lipsius’ other historiographical works, such as De Amphitheatro, published in 1584. After an elaborate exposition about gladiators, in the last chapter of the Saturnalian dialogues he gives an impassioned speech about their admirable constancy despite extremely hard circumstances. In several letters, Lipsius also refers to gladiators as proper models to be imitated. His main aim, here and elsewhere, was the promotion of his Stoic ethic – a goal that would ultimately prove successful: De Constantia, first published in 1584, has gone through a large number of reprints, editions and translations.
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Pages: 476
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill
Series: Brill's Studies in Intellectual History
Publication Date:
11 August 2011
ISBN: 9789004201521
Format: Hardcover
This edition is to be welcomed for presenting an important Neo-Latin text in a modern dress, along with a good translation and useful explanatory remarks.
Marc Laureys, Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 65, No. 2, pp. 506-508.
Marc Laureys, Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 65, No. 2, pp. 506-508.
Andrea Steenbeek, Master's in Altphilologie und Philosophie, Promotion in 1994 (Erasmus'Apologia against Jacques Lefèvre d' Étaples, ASD IX,3) in Theologie, Universität Leiden, publizierte verschiedene Artikel über intellectuelle Ideen von Erasmus, Lefèvre und Lipsius.
Andrea Steenbeek, Master's in Classics and Philosophy, Ph.D. (1994 Erasmus' Apologia against Jacques Lefèvre d' Étaples, ASD IX,3) in Theology, University of Leiden, has published several articles on the intellectual ideas of Erasmus, Lefèvre and Lipsius.
Andrea Steenbeek, Master's in Classics and Philosophy, Ph.D. (1994 Erasmus' Apologia against Jacques Lefèvre d' Étaples, ASD IX,3) in Theology, University of Leiden, has published several articles on the intellectual ideas of Erasmus, Lefèvre and Lipsius.