Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Gorey, Matthew M

Titel

'A True Republic'—Anti-Epicurean Discourse in Numenius of Apamea

Ist Teil von

• TAPA (Society for Classical Studies), 2023-03, Vol.153 (1), p.149-173

Ort / Verlag

Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press

Erscheinungsjahr

2023

Quelle

ProQuest_Literature Online_英美文学在线

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• This article proposes a novel interpretation of a literary fragment by Numenius of Apamea that appears to praise the philosophical cohesion of the Epicurean school by likening it to a "true republic" (fr. 24 Des Places). By situating Numenius's comments within a broader tradition of anti-atomist polemics, I show that this passage can also be understood as a sarcastic parody of the Epicureans and their teachings. While Numenius's comment appears on the surface to traffic in common stereotypes about Epicurean unanimity, his use of allusive, philosophically suggestive language subverts that stereotype by evoking specific tropes of anti-Epicurean discourse.