The article reconstructs an episode of fraudulent pseudo-epigraphy ploted by the Stoic Diotimus against his rival Epicurus. The episode is handed down from a passage from Lives of the Philosophers (X 3) by Diogenes Laertius, in which it is reported that Diotimus disclosed fifty obscene letters under the name of Epicurus. The testimony is also reported by Athenaeus XIII 611b, who writes that the Stoic composed books against Epicurus, but, accused by the Epicurean Zeno, was sentenced to death.
The Forgery of the Stoic Diotimus
Capasso, M.
2021-01-01
Abstract
The article reconstructs an episode of fraudulent pseudo-epigraphy ploted by the Stoic Diotimus against his rival Epicurus. The episode is handed down from a passage from Lives of the Philosophers (X 3) by Diogenes Laertius, in which it is reported that Diotimus disclosed fifty obscene letters under the name of Epicurus. The testimony is also reported by Athenaeus XIII 611b, who writes that the Stoic composed books against Epicurus, but, accused by the Epicurean Zeno, was sentenced to death.File in questo prodotto:
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