Auteur: Scappaticcio, Maria Chiara
Titre: Il ricordo dei vivi: Cicerone (fin. 5.3), Petronio (43.1; 75,8), un Anonimo (CIL IV 8832)
Revue/Collection: Filologia Antica e Moderna, N.S. 60, 2
Annèe edition: 2025
Pages: 439-449
Mots-clès: Héritage - Fortuna - Legacy, Philologie - Filologia - Philology
Description: This paper offers an interpretation of the phrase vivorum meminerimus ("let us remember the living"), which appears twice in Petronius’ Satyricon, spoken by two different characters in distinct episodes of the Cena Trimalchionis (43.1; 75.8). At first glance, the expression appears to be an appeal to life; its popular, proverbial, and sapiential resonance is supported by parallel occurrences in Cicero’s De finibus (5.3) and in anonymous graffiti found on a Pompeian wall. Nevertheless, the phrase ultimately engages with the human fear of death. [Author]
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Sigle auteur: Scappaticcio 2025a
Titre: Il ricordo dei vivi: Cicerone (fin. 5.3), Petronio (43.1; 75,8), un Anonimo (CIL IV 8832)
Revue/Collection: Filologia Antica e Moderna, N.S. 60, 2
Annèe edition: 2025
Pages: 439-449
Mots-clès: Héritage - Fortuna - Legacy, Philologie - Filologia - Philology
Description: This paper offers an interpretation of the phrase vivorum meminerimus ("let us remember the living"), which appears twice in Petronius’ Satyricon, spoken by two different characters in distinct episodes of the Cena Trimalchionis (43.1; 75.8). At first glance, the expression appears to be an appeal to life; its popular, proverbial, and sapiential resonance is supported by parallel occurrences in Cicero’s De finibus (5.3) and in anonymous graffiti found on a Pompeian wall. Nevertheless, the phrase ultimately engages with the human fear of death. [Author]
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Sigle auteur: Scappaticcio 2025a
