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"This essay focuses on the 114th epistle of Seneca, where the philosopher investigates in detail... more "This essay focuses on the 114th epistle of Seneca, where the philosopher
investigates in detail the causes of the decadence of the contemporary
literature, identifying in the literary work of Maecenas and in his person
the archetype of this decline. Seneca avoids the systematic and consistent
treatment of this issue, also common to contemporary authors such as
Persius and Petronius and then Quintilian, but as a true moralist he is
committed to demonstrate that the eccentric and debauched lifestyle of
Maecenas can only produce a futile literature, only concerned with the
formal aspects. Seneca, however, is also a capable writer and, with his “in
motion” portrait of Maecenas as an urban man, who wanders around in the
city, evokes the stylistic levels of comedy and satire, producing a
memorable *exemplum*."
"This essay focuses on the 114th epistle of Seneca, where the philosopher investigates in detail... more "This essay focuses on the 114th epistle of Seneca, where the philosopher
investigates in detail the causes of the decadence of the contemporary
literature, identifying in the literary work of Maecenas and in his person
the archetype of this decline. Seneca avoids the systematic and consistent
treatment of this issue, also common to contemporary authors such as
Persius and Petronius and then Quintilian, but as a true moralist he is
committed to demonstrate that the eccentric and debauched lifestyle of
Maecenas can only produce a futile literature, only concerned with the
formal aspects. Seneca, however, is also a capable writer and, with his “in
motion” portrait of Maecenas as an urban man, who wanders around in the
city, evokes the stylistic levels of comedy and satire, producing a
memorable *exemplum*."