Simmaco e Protadio: tra tema del silenzio e morbus legendi

Fascione, Sara

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Simmaco e Protadio: tra tema del silenzio e morbus legendi

Fascione, Sara

2023 • In Rivista Storica dell'Antichità, 53, p. 227-242

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Symmachus; Protadius; silence; letter writing; public engagement

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[en] The epistolary exchange between Symmachus and Protadius (Symm. epist. 4.17-34) is characterized by two main topics, namely the necessity of silence and the desire to read. Those two are interlinked and mutually counterposed. In letter book 4, which outlines the relationship with Stilicho and is devoted to the rehabilitation of Nicomachus Flavianus iunior, Protadius’ obsession with Symmachus’ writings (morbus legendi) and Symmachus’ repeated refusals to write symbolize the latter’s difficulty to deal with the massive changes affecting his family and his world.

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Classical & oriental studies

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Fascione, Sara ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Mondes anciens

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Italian

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Simmaco e Protadio: tra tema del silenzio e morbus legendi

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2023

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Rivista Storica dell'Antichità

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0300-340X

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Patron Editore, Italy

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227-242

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