IL CASO DI LUCREZIA TRA MITO E CRITICA STORICA: ATTUALITÀ DI UN MODELLO NEL PRIMO PENSIERO ROMANO CRISTIANO
THE CASE OF LUCRETIA BETWEEN MYTH AND HISTORICAL CRITICISM: RELEVANCE OF A PATTERN IN EARLY CHRISTIAN THOUGHT

Summary/Abstract: The well-known story of the noble Lucrezia, who committed suicide to save her honour, continues to provide, even in the thought of the Fathers of the Church, cultural parameters that they draw between legend and historical criticism. Even in the relationship between chastity and suicide it is possible to see the hierarchy of values attested by the indeuropean tradition as confirmation of a social consciousness which cannot be separated from the powerful help of the gods, which can be addressed only by virtue of the highest moral value of a people.

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