Disturbingly (Dis)Similar Narcissus and Claudius in Seneca, Apocolocyntosis 13

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作者：

Winter, Kathrin ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Heidelberg Univ, Seminar Klass Philol, Heidelberg, Germany

来源：

MNEMOSYNE | 2019年 / 72卷 / 02期

关键词：

Seneca; Apocolocyntosis; Narcissus; Claudius; Ovid;

D O I：

10.1163/1568525X-12342505

中图分类号：

I [文学];

学科分类号：

05 ;

摘要：

In Apocolocyntosis 13 the figure of Narcissus is not a minor character with a solely ornamental function but part of a complex play of echoes, repetitions, and similarities. Exploiting the fact that this particular freedman of Claudius was named Narcissus, Seneca turns the figure into a mirror image of Claudius and uses it to make subtle intertextual allusions. In this way, he destabilises the identities of Claudius and Narcissus to ridicule Claudius even further and expose him as a weak and cruel princeps who is unable to recognise himself.

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页数：14