Eclipses, razón y superstición en las vidas de Nicias y Dión de Plutarco

Analía V. Sapere

doi:10.5209/rev_CFCG.2016.v26.52251

Eclipses, Reason and Superstition in Plutarch's Nicias and Dion

Analía V. Sapere Universidad de Buenos Aires-CONICET

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_CFCG.2016.v26.52251

Keywords: Plutarch, Parallel Lives, Superstition, Nicias, Dion.

Abstract

By focusing on a rhetorical and literary approach, this paper aims to study the discursive representation of superstition in Plutarch’s Nicias and Dion. We will analyze in particular the lunar eclipse episode included in Nicias 23 and Dion 24, in order to prove that the repetition of the episode in different contexts functions as an invitation to think further about superstition through an original and more attractive perspective than philosophical theorization.

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Sapere A. V. (2016). Eclipses, Reason and Superstition in Plutarch’s Nicias and Dion. Cuadernos de Filología Clásica. Estudios griegos e indoeuropeos, 26, 179-195. https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_CFCG.2016.v26.52251

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