Schwazer, Oliver (2016) Between amateur astrology and erudite gimmick: A re-examination of trimalchio’s horoscope (petr. sat. 39). Acta Antiqua Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, 56 (4). pp. 459-478. ISSN 0044-5975
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Abstract
I will present a new interpretation of Trimalchio’s “learned” horoscope at Petr. Sat. 39. The aim is to point out that Trimalchio neither entirely comes out as amateur astrologer nor is his horoscope fully based on astrological treatises of his times. On the contrary, Trimalchio undertakes a widely unlearned methodological approach, recycles however astrological material and mixes this up with erudite puns at the internal recipients (the scholastici Agamemnon, Encolpius and co. who attend the dinner, yet fail to be worthy their profession).
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | P Language and Literature / nyelvészet és irodalom > PA Classical philology / klasszika-filológia |
| Depositing User: | László Sallai-Tóth |
| Date Deposited: | 19 Jan 2018 08:13 |
| Last Modified: | 31 Dec 2018 00:19 |
| URI: | http://real.mtak.hu/id/eprint/72760 |
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