Intratextuality and Intertextuality in Seneca’s Naturales Quaestiones
Διεθνές Colloquium
Δημοσιευμένο: 2025-03-17
Το Εθνικό και Καποδιστριακό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών και το Σουηδικό Ινστιτούτο Αθηνών, συνδιοργανώνουν το Διεθνές Colloquium με τίτλο
Intratextuality and Intertextuality in Senenca’s Naturales Quaestiones
το οποίο θα πραγματοποιηθεί 28-29 Μαρτίου 2025, στο Σουηδικό Ινστιτούτο Αθηνών (Μητσαίων 9, Αθήνα).
Διοργάνωση:
Μυρτώ Γκαράνη (ΕΚΠΑ)
Σοφία Παπαϊωάννου (ΕΚΠΑ)
Πρόγραμμα
Παρασκευή, 28 Μαρτίου
9.00-9.30: Registration
9.30-10.00: Welcome remarks
10.00-11.00: Session 1
Chair: Sophia Papaioannou (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens)
10.00-10.30: Daniel Markovich (University of Cincinnati):
“The form of thesis and Seneca’s Naturales quaestiones.”
10.30-11.00: Barnaby Taylor (University of Oxford):
“Senecan humour and humility”
11.00-11.30: Coffee break
11.30-12.30: Session 2
Chair: Philip Mitsis (New York University)
11.30-12.00: Elena Giusti (University of Cambridge):
“Seneca’s Aethiopia and the Empire’s Last Threshold.”
12.00-12.30: Margaret Graver (Dartmouth College):
“Once again, why physics? Figures of the βίος θεωρητικός in the Quaestiones Naturales and Epistulae Morales”.
12.30-14.30: Lunch break
14.30-15.30: Session 3
Chair: Vaios Vaiopoulos (Athens)
14.30-15.00: Chiara Graf (University of Maryland):
“Seneca’s Liquid Quotations: Reflections on Self and Other in the Natural Questions.”
15.00-15.30: Catharine Edwards (University of London):
“Beyond the Scipionic circle: Seneca, Scipio and Cicero in the NQ.”
15.30-16.00: Coffee break
16.00-17.00: Session 4
Chair: Attila Németh (Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Philosophy)
16.00-16.30: Myrto Garani (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens):
“Earth-shaking truths: Who are the philosophers who fall for the earthquake-free Delos?” (Seneca, QNat. 6.26)
16.30-17.00: Christopher Trinacty (Oberlin College):
“Imagination and Explanation: Sen. NQ 7.10 and Ovid Met. 2.70-78.”
20.30: Conference Dinner (By invitation, Kostis Palamas Building)
Σάββατο, 29 Μαρτίου
10.00-11.00: Session 5
Chair: Andreas Michalopoulos (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens)
10.00-10.30: Fabio Tutrone (University of Palermo):
“Nero, Lucretius, and Seneca’s Rainbow: On the Neronian Intertextuality of QNat. 1.5.6.”
10.30-11.00: Francesca Romana Berno (La Sapienza, Rome):
“Self-Reflections: Philosophical Use of Mirror in Seneca NQ 1.17 and Phaedrus 3.8.”
11.00-11.30: Coffee break
11.30-12.30: Session 6
Chair: Sophia Papaioannou (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens)
11.30-12.00: George Prekas (University College Dublin): “God through his Myriad Stars: the Celestial and the Divine in Seneca’s Naturales Quaestiones and Manilius’ Astronomica.”
12.00-12.30: Round table: conclusions
Για πληροφορίες, επικοινωνήστε με: mgarani@phil.uoa.gr