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MAURIZIO MASSIMO BIANCO

MERCES… SENTICOSA. Immaginari stoici nei Floridia di Apuleio

Abstract

Merces… senticosa. Stoic images in the Florida of Apuleius · In the Florida Apuleius makes use of images related to the rhetorical-philosophical stoic tradition. In particular, in Fl. 18 Apuleius describes the famous sophism of Protagoras, by using, trought an intellectual virtuosity, the metaphor of thorns, a stylistic device linked with the characterization of the Stoicism.