Fortuna: Deity and Concept in Archaic and Republican Italy

Autore: Miano, Daniele
Titolo: Fortuna: Deity and Concept in Archaic and Republican Italy
Luogo edizione: Oxford
Editore: Oxford University Press
Anno edizione: 2018
Pagine: 242
Parole chiave: Philosophie - Filosofia - Philosophy, Religion - Religione - Religion
Descrizione: In this essay on the goddess Fortuna, the author devotes considerable space to Cicero. She quotes De divinatione, II, 85–87 (Fortuna Praenestina, on the cult status and philosophical rationalization of Fortuna; De legibus, II, 19–20, on the cult of the vitia ("doubtful gods") and abstract deities; Pro lege Manilia (De imperio Cn. Pompei), § 47; § 53–55 (Fortuna Pompeii / Felicitas) on Fortuna as a charismatic attribute of the providential man (Pompey); De re publica I, 64; VI (Somnium Scipionis) where Fortuna is presented as an element of cosmic order and political exemplarity; Pro Plancio, § 14–16 (personal Felicitas, political career); Philippicae, II, 17; XIII, 14 on Fortuna Caesaris). [PhR]
Sigla autore: Miano 2018