Suorum mortes aequo animo ferendas
Suorum mortes aequo animo ferendas
Author(s): Ioana CostaSubject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Other Language Literature, Theory of Literature, Sociology of Literature
Published by: Universitatea de Vest din Timişoara
Keywords: consolatio; Seneca the Younger; Petrarch; uirtus; fortitude;
Summary/Abstract: In Petrarch's letter of consolation to Philip, Bishop of Cavaillon (Epistolae familiares, 2.1), might be recognized some characteristics of the ancient funeral orations; from the rich literature of the genre, I selected only one equivalent example: Seneca, Ad Marciam de consolatione. The two addressees, the Bishop and Marcia, do not seem to need comfort, because their strength of character enables them to bear the loss of their brother and son, respectively. Petrarch and Seneca confer different nuances – in their own style – to this seemingly similar approach.
Journal: Quaestiones Romanicae
- Issue Year: X/2023
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 112-117
- Page Count: 6
- Language: Romanian