Papers by Elena Sofia Capra
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The paper discusses two passages of Plato’s Menexenus (243c-d, 244b-c), focusing on Athenian defeat in the Peloponnesian war. In the first passage, Plato seems to suggest that the real Peloponnesian war ended with Athens’ victory at the Arginusae. If we compare this seemingly absurd claim with Thucydides’ reflection on the reasons for Athenian defeat (Thuc. II 65.10-13) and pay attention to the subsequent statement – Athens was actually defeated, but by herself and not by external enemies – we discover a lucid diagnosis on the bad choices of the Athenians after the battle of Arginusae, which led to self-destruction. In the second passage, Plato returns to the traumatic memory of the end of the Peloponnesian war to show that the terms of peace imposed by Sparta and her allies prepared the ground for another war. Both passages can be put in a fruitful relationship with Republic V 470-471 (on the definition and rules of a civil war) and Laws I 626 (on the impossibility of peace and the idea that the ultimate war is the war within). The paper aims to show how, in Plato’s works, the memory of recent Athenian history plays a significant role in reflecting on the nature of war and its rules.
The paper aims to reflect on the prejudice of Plato’s unreliability in the historical field. Afte... more The paper aims to reflect on the prejudice of Plato’s unreliability in the historical field. After a brief review of the ancient criticism of historical and chronological “errors” in Plato’s works, the paper focuses on the problems posed by the recognition of the dramatic dates of the dialogues and the presence in them of allusions to and rewritings of historical facts, highlighting the fragility of both an excessive claim to precision in the reference to dates and events (especially given the expectations of Plato’s audience and the historical memory shared by that audience and the author) and the application of total skepticism to all of the author’s historical references. This reflection leads to the suggestion that the category of error should not be applied to Plato’s historical passages, which must be rigorously understood in their specificity and can sometimes thus offer an unprecedented perspective on the events narrated or alluded to.
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The paper focuses on the rethinking of Athenian great politicians of the time of the Pentekontaetia in Plato's Gorgias and Meno.
"Memorie della peste in Platone. Due proposte di lettura". In: E. Berardi, M. P. Castiglioni, M.-L. Desclos, P. Dolcetti (a cura di), Filosofia, storia, immaginario mitologico. Nuovi approcci - Philosophie, histoire, imaginaire mythologique. Nouvelles Approches, Alessandria 2022, pp. 147-165 Per il full-text contattare l'autrice.
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Il contributo verte sulla memoria della peste di Atene nei dialoghi di Platone. Per l’unica menzione esplicita, nel Simposio, si riflette sul significato assunto nel rapporto tra la salvezza filosofica proposta da Diotima e la città storica. Si analizza poi un’altra ‘malattia’ platonica l’indisposizione di Carmide nell’omonimo dialogo – che può essere accostata alla peste, per mostrare come, in entrambi i casi, la ricerca filosofica si ponga come alternativa a una malattia esiziale, offrendo però una speranza infine disattesa dalle scelte di coloro che dovrebbe guarire.
thersites, 2022
The paper focuses on an example of multiple-step reception: the contribution of the classical sto... more The paper focuses on an example of multiple-step reception: the contribution of the classical story of Orpheus and Eurydice and the mediaeval lay Sir Orfeo to Tolkien’s work.
In the first part, I compare the lay with Virgilian and Ovidian versions of Orpheus’ myth. This comparison shows the anonymous author’s deep knowledge of the ancient texts and complex way of rewriting them through stealing and hybridization.
The lay was highly esteemed by Tolkien, who translated it and took inspiration from it while describing the Elven kingdom in The Hobbit and building the storyline of Beren and Lúthien in The Silmarillion. Through this key tale, Orpheus/Orfeo’s romance has a deep influence also on Aragorn and Arwen’s story in The Lord of the Rings. The most important element that Tolkien takes from the Sir Orfeo figuration of the ancient story is undoubtedly the insertion of political theme: the link established between the recovery of the main character’s beloved and the return to royal responsability.
The second part of the paper is, thus, dedicated to the reception of Sir Orfeo and the classical myth in Tolkien. It shows how in his work the different steps of the tradition of Orpheus’ story are co-present, creating an inextricable substrate of inspiration that nourishes his imagination.
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Il contributo è incentrato sull'immaginario monumento f... more Per il full-text contattare l'autrice.
Il contributo è incentrato sull'immaginario monumento funerario che costituisce lo sfondo e il costante riferimento del λόγος ἐπιτάφιος pronunciato da Socrate nel Menesseno di Platone. In esso giacciono i caduti di alcune guerre combattute da Atene. L'analisi dei riferimenti a tale presenza, tramite il refrain ἐνθάδε κεῖνται, permette di notare come si tratti dei morti nelle fuerre combattute tra il 457 e il 406 a. C., ossia le guerre civili tra Greci, responsabili del declino di Atene e vissute da Socrate stesso. Si tratta di un'insolita chiaver di lettura per interpretare la manipolazione da parte di Platone di eventi storici, i cui caduti sono, come Socrate e come Atene, al tempo stesso sepolti sotto gli occhi di tutti e impossibili da trovare.
FuturoClassico, 2021
In 2000 the CRIMTA (Centro di Ricerca Interdipartimentale Multimediale sul Teatro Antico) was fou... more In 2000 the CRIMTA (Centro di Ricerca Interdipartimentale Multimediale sul Teatro Antico) was founded at the University of Pavia. Besides promoting various research activities and publications, the Centre owns an audiovisual fund with near a hundred videos of performances and films inspired by ancient dramas. In recent years, the CRIMTA fund has ensured the possibility to consult the videos for both academic and didactic purposes. A composite audience (researchers, teachers, theatre professionals) was thus able to access a valuable collection of materials that are often difficult to find.
From its foundation, however, the role of archives has changed and must deal with the needs of an increasingly international research landscape, as well as with new teaching tools and strategies. Since October 2019, the CRIMTA has been reflecting on the digitization of its holdings. With our paper, we want to illustrate the actions that will lead to the creation of a digital version of the CRIMTA archive. This initiative will be possible in collaboration with the Digital Library Project of the University of Pavia, which is providing for the digitization of some funds from the Pavia libraries. The objective of this initiative is twofold: conservation and access. On the one hand, there is a technical need to preserve the fund, which, otherwise, risks deteriorating and being lost; on the other hand, the digitization would allow greater accessibility of documents, a need which, during the recent sanitary emergence, has become central.
The paper will also provide an opportunity to reflect on the advantages of a digital archive for the performances of ancient dramas, in terms of accessibility and usability, but also some difficulties and limits, not only technical, of such a project.
Dionysus ex Machina, 2021
The paper focuses on the contexts and meanings of the terms ἄτοπος and ἀτοπία in 5th century Atti... more The paper focuses on the contexts and meanings of the terms ἄτοπος and ἀτοπία in 5th century Attic theatre (Euripides' Ion and Iphigenia in Tauris; Aristophanes' Acharnians, Birds, Frogs and Ecclesiazusae) and aims at an appreciation of the category of ἀτοπία, which is usually rhetorical and scientific, in dramatic texts. It is not, in fact, a simple notion of strangeness and/or stupidity or wickedness, but a complex concept of extraneousness to one's own time and space, to the universal order or one's own feelings: in this sense ἀτοπία becomes a technical term of deviance from the ordinary.
Il lavoro si concentra sui contesti e i significati dei termini ἄτοπος e ἀτοπία nel teatro attico del V secolo (Ione e Ifigenia in Tauride di Euripide; Acarnesi, Uccelli, Rane ed Ecclesiazuse di Aristofane) e mira a una valorizzazione della categoria usualmente retorica e scientifica di ἀτοπία in testi drammatici. Non si tratta, infatti, di una semplice nozione di stranezza e/o di stupidità o malvagità, ma di un concetto complesso di estraneità al proprio tempo e spazio, all'ordine universale o dei propri stessi sentimenti: in questo senso l'ἀτοπία diventa termine tecnico della devianza dall'ordinario.
Books by Elena Sofia Capra
Reviews by Elena Sofia Capra
C hi fu Omero per i Greci e chi è per noi? Cos'è davvero l'Odissea? L'agile volume di Bernhard Zi... more C hi fu Omero per i Greci e chi è per noi? Cos'è davvero l'Odissea? L'agile volume di Bernhard Zimmermann si rivolge a un pubblico non specialistico, offrendo un'introduzione sintetica e accessibile alla figura di Omero e alle caratteristiche della narrazione nell'Odissea, che emerge al tempo stesso come specchio del suo tempo e come modello per l'arte di raccontare di ogni tempo. Dopo alcune riflessioni introduttive ('Der göttliche Homer', 9-12) sul valore esemplare del 'divino Omero' presso gli antichi -una fortuna senza paragoni che ne fa il poeta per eccellenza e che è proseguita in età moderna -l'autore propone una breve rassegna ('Homerische Fragen', 13-30) dei problemi fondamentali della filologia omerica, dalle origini a oggi: i discussi dati biografici tramandati dagli antichi su Omero; la plausibile datazione dei poemi, da porre, soprattutto in base alla presenza di riferimenti omerici nella letteratura greca arcaica, alla prima metà del vii sec. a.C.; l'uso della scrittura nella fissazione dell'Iliade e dell'Odissea nelle forme in cui le conosciamo; la stratificazione della lingua omerica, la formularità e la struttura dell'esametro: la questione omerica; il ruolo dei poemi nello sviluppo degli studi filologici e letterari sull'antichità. Poste queste premesse, l'autore si addentra nella narrazione odissiaca. Nel terzo capitolo ('Die Odyssee -Geschichten von Odysseus', 31-67) egli ricostruisce la 'biografia mitica' del personaggio di Odisseo, attingendo alle informazioni contenute nei poemi omerici e nel ciclo epico per quanto riguarda gli episodi della vita precedente e successiva rispetto a quanto narrato nell'Odissea, e riassumendo le vicende del poema libro per libro. Il quarto capitolo ('Struktur, Narrative Technik, Motive und Poetik', 68-105) è incentrato sulla costruzione della narrazione dell'Odissea. Vi viene descritta analiticamente la struttura del poema e proposto uno schema delle unità
Tra umano e divino. Forme e limiti del culto degli imperatori nel mondo romano (A.
Politica e fiscalitàin etàrepubblicana. A proposito di J. France, Tribut. Une histoire fiscale de... more Politica e fiscalitàin etàrepubblicana. A proposito di J. France, Tribut. Une histoire fiscale de la conquête romaine [Politics and Taxation in the Republican Age. A Discussion of J. France, Tribut. Une histoire fiscale de la conquête romaine] .
Politica e fiscalitàin etàrepubblicana. A proposito di J. France, Tribut. Une histoire fiscale de... more Politica e fiscalitàin etàrepubblicana. A proposito di J. France, Tribut. Une histoire fiscale de la conquête romaine [Politics and Taxation in the Republican Age. A Discussion of J. France, Tribut. Une histoire fiscale de la conquête romaine] .
Elementi della fabula plautina nelle descrizioni di supplizi dell'oratoria ciceroniana [Elements ... more Elementi della fabula plautina nelle descrizioni di supplizi dell'oratoria ciceroniana [Elements of Plautus' Comedies in the Descriptions of supplicia in Ciceronian Oratory]. .. .. .. .. » J. GONZÁLEZ-A. RUIZ-GUTIÉRREZ-J.-J. CEPEDA-OCAMPO, Ob civis servatos en un fragmento de senatus consultum hispano [Ob civis servatos in a senatus consultum from Spain]. .. .. .. .
Conference Organization & Calls for Papers by Elena Sofia Capra
The PhD. conference "Frontiers of the Ancient Mediterranean" was born within the doctoral program... more The PhD. conference "Frontiers of the Ancient Mediterranean" was born within the doctoral program in Classical Antiquity and its Legacy, thanks to the initiative of a group of doctoral students representing the various facets of the doctoral program itself (classical philology, ancient history, archaeology).
From the outset, our goal has been to create a space for interdisciplinary comparison and exchange among young scholars of the ancient world, which could enrich all of us on a methodological and scientific level, as well as provide us with a valuable opportunity to experience another side of academic life.
The chosen theme not only reflects this intent, proposing a problem that can be declined from countless points of view, but also a vigilant and concerned look at the complexities of the present, which incessantly proposes the Mediterranean, which in our doctoral program we study in its ancient form, not as a crossroads but as a barrier.
The program, the result of a selection that involved numerous doctoral programs in related disciplines, brings together at Tor Vergata representatives of over fifteen universities in Italy, France, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom, and includes two days of intense presentations that address the theme of the boundary between cultures, peoples, religions, and worldviews with a multiplicity of approaches, ranging from 7th-century BC Phoenicia to late antiquity, from the experience of fugitive slaves to the heights of imperial power.
It is our hope that the event can truly represent an engine of collaboration and shared reflection and an example among many of the vitality of ancient studies at our university.
Deadline: September 30th 2024
The conference will be held at the "Tor Vergata" University of Rom... more Deadline: September 30th 2024
The conference will be held at the "Tor Vergata" University of Rome on January 24th-25th 2025
The Workshop aims to explore Plato’s rich and nuanced treatment of and relationship with Greek ep... more The Workshop aims to explore Plato’s rich and nuanced treatment of and relationship with Greek epic and other literary genres such as comedy, and historiography.
It is the second event in a series of Durham's academic workshops on Plato, which were inaugurated in 2019 with the International Conference Plato on Comedy.
The workshop gathers domestic and international scholars at different stages of their careers with the aim to 1. share their views on the relationship of Plato with the concept of poetry and music in general, as well as the reception of his ideas stemming primarily from the Laws and the Republic during the different of development of medieval and later philosophy; 2. offer a platform for the discussion of Plato and ancient Greek literature, with a focus on broadening and supporting innovative methodologies that revolve around interdisciplinarity and cross-pollination between fields; 3. broaden our understanding of Plato and his literary technique, in relationship or contrast with his contemporary literary traditions.
Finally, the Workshop will include presentations from PhD Candidates, Early Career Researchers, and Established Scholars, as well as a Round Table to allow for the exchange of ideas between the participants of each panel and the audience.
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The paper discusses two passages of Plato’s Menexenus (243c-d, 244b-c), focusing on Athenian defeat in the Peloponnesian war. In the first passage, Plato seems to suggest that the real Peloponnesian war ended with Athens’ victory at the Arginusae. If we compare this seemingly absurd claim with Thucydides’ reflection on the reasons for Athenian defeat (Thuc. II 65.10-13) and pay attention to the subsequent statement – Athens was actually defeated, but by herself and not by external enemies – we discover a lucid diagnosis on the bad choices of the Athenians after the battle of Arginusae, which led to self-destruction. In the second passage, Plato returns to the traumatic memory of the end of the Peloponnesian war to show that the terms of peace imposed by Sparta and her allies prepared the ground for another war. Both passages can be put in a fruitful relationship with Republic V 470-471 (on the definition and rules of a civil war) and Laws I 626 (on the impossibility of peace and the idea that the ultimate war is the war within). The paper aims to show how, in Plato’s works, the memory of recent Athenian history plays a significant role in reflecting on the nature of war and its rules.
The paper focuses on the rethinking of Athenian great politicians of the time of the Pentekontaetia in Plato's Gorgias and Meno.
Mychapter examines how Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials incorporates and reimagines Greek and Latin narratives of Underworld visits.
Il contributo verte sulla memoria della peste di Atene nei dialoghi di Platone. Per l’unica menzione esplicita, nel Simposio, si riflette sul significato assunto nel rapporto tra la salvezza filosofica proposta da Diotima e la città storica. Si analizza poi un’altra ‘malattia’ platonica l’indisposizione di Carmide nell’omonimo dialogo – che può essere accostata alla peste, per mostrare come, in entrambi i casi, la ricerca filosofica si ponga come alternativa a una malattia esiziale, offrendo però una speranza infine disattesa dalle scelte di coloro che dovrebbe guarire.
In the first part, I compare the lay with Virgilian and Ovidian versions of Orpheus’ myth. This comparison shows the anonymous author’s deep knowledge of the ancient texts and complex way of rewriting them through stealing and hybridization.
The lay was highly esteemed by Tolkien, who translated it and took inspiration from it while describing the Elven kingdom in The Hobbit and building the storyline of Beren and Lúthien in The Silmarillion. Through this key tale, Orpheus/Orfeo’s romance has a deep influence also on Aragorn and Arwen’s story in The Lord of the Rings. The most important element that Tolkien takes from the Sir Orfeo figuration of the ancient story is undoubtedly the insertion of political theme: the link established between the recovery of the main character’s beloved and the return to royal responsability.
The second part of the paper is, thus, dedicated to the reception of Sir Orfeo and the classical myth in Tolkien. It shows how in his work the different steps of the tradition of Orpheus’ story are co-present, creating an inextricable substrate of inspiration that nourishes his imagination.
Il contributo è incentrato sull'immaginario monumento funerario che costituisce lo sfondo e il costante riferimento del λόγος ἐπιτάφιος pronunciato da Socrate nel Menesseno di Platone. In esso giacciono i caduti di alcune guerre combattute da Atene. L'analisi dei riferimenti a tale presenza, tramite il refrain ἐνθάδε κεῖνται, permette di notare come si tratti dei morti nelle fuerre combattute tra il 457 e il 406 a. C., ossia le guerre civili tra Greci, responsabili del declino di Atene e vissute da Socrate stesso. Si tratta di un'insolita chiaver di lettura per interpretare la manipolazione da parte di Platone di eventi storici, i cui caduti sono, come Socrate e come Atene, al tempo stesso sepolti sotto gli occhi di tutti e impossibili da trovare.
From its foundation, however, the role of archives has changed and must deal with the needs of an increasingly international research landscape, as well as with new teaching tools and strategies. Since October 2019, the CRIMTA has been reflecting on the digitization of its holdings. With our paper, we want to illustrate the actions that will lead to the creation of a digital version of the CRIMTA archive. This initiative will be possible in collaboration with the Digital Library Project of the University of Pavia, which is providing for the digitization of some funds from the Pavia libraries. The objective of this initiative is twofold: conservation and access. On the one hand, there is a technical need to preserve the fund, which, otherwise, risks deteriorating and being lost; on the other hand, the digitization would allow greater accessibility of documents, a need which, during the recent sanitary emergence, has become central.
The paper will also provide an opportunity to reflect on the advantages of a digital archive for the performances of ancient dramas, in terms of accessibility and usability, but also some difficulties and limits, not only technical, of such a project.
Il lavoro si concentra sui contesti e i significati dei termini ἄτοπος e ἀτοπία nel teatro attico del V secolo (Ione e Ifigenia in Tauride di Euripide; Acarnesi, Uccelli, Rane ed Ecclesiazuse di Aristofane) e mira a una valorizzazione della categoria usualmente retorica e scientifica di ἀτοπία in testi drammatici. Non si tratta, infatti, di una semplice nozione di stranezza e/o di stupidità o malvagità, ma di un concetto complesso di estraneità al proprio tempo e spazio, all'ordine universale o dei propri stessi sentimenti: in questo senso l'ἀτοπία diventa termine tecnico della devianza dall'ordinario.
Books by Elena Sofia Capra
Reviews by Elena Sofia Capra
Conference Organization & Calls for Papers by Elena Sofia Capra
From the outset, our goal has been to create a space for interdisciplinary comparison and exchange among young scholars of the ancient world, which could enrich all of us on a methodological and scientific level, as well as provide us with a valuable opportunity to experience another side of academic life.
The chosen theme not only reflects this intent, proposing a problem that can be declined from countless points of view, but also a vigilant and concerned look at the complexities of the present, which incessantly proposes the Mediterranean, which in our doctoral program we study in its ancient form, not as a crossroads but as a barrier.
The program, the result of a selection that involved numerous doctoral programs in related disciplines, brings together at Tor Vergata representatives of over fifteen universities in Italy, France, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom, and includes two days of intense presentations that address the theme of the boundary between cultures, peoples, religions, and worldviews with a multiplicity of approaches, ranging from 7th-century BC Phoenicia to late antiquity, from the experience of fugitive slaves to the heights of imperial power.
It is our hope that the event can truly represent an engine of collaboration and shared reflection and an example among many of the vitality of ancient studies at our university.
The conference will be held at the "Tor Vergata" University of Rome on January 24th-25th 2025
It is the second event in a series of Durham's academic workshops on Plato, which were inaugurated in 2019 with the International Conference Plato on Comedy.
The workshop gathers domestic and international scholars at different stages of their careers with the aim to 1. share their views on the relationship of Plato with the concept of poetry and music in general, as well as the reception of his ideas stemming primarily from the Laws and the Republic during the different of development of medieval and later philosophy; 2. offer a platform for the discussion of Plato and ancient Greek literature, with a focus on broadening and supporting innovative methodologies that revolve around interdisciplinarity and cross-pollination between fields; 3. broaden our understanding of Plato and his literary technique, in relationship or contrast with his contemporary literary traditions.
Finally, the Workshop will include presentations from PhD Candidates, Early Career Researchers, and Established Scholars, as well as a Round Table to allow for the exchange of ideas between the participants of each panel and the audience.
The paper discusses two passages of Plato’s Menexenus (243c-d, 244b-c), focusing on Athenian defeat in the Peloponnesian war. In the first passage, Plato seems to suggest that the real Peloponnesian war ended with Athens’ victory at the Arginusae. If we compare this seemingly absurd claim with Thucydides’ reflection on the reasons for Athenian defeat (Thuc. II 65.10-13) and pay attention to the subsequent statement – Athens was actually defeated, but by herself and not by external enemies – we discover a lucid diagnosis on the bad choices of the Athenians after the battle of Arginusae, which led to self-destruction. In the second passage, Plato returns to the traumatic memory of the end of the Peloponnesian war to show that the terms of peace imposed by Sparta and her allies prepared the ground for another war. Both passages can be put in a fruitful relationship with Republic V 470-471 (on the definition and rules of a civil war) and Laws I 626 (on the impossibility of peace and the idea that the ultimate war is the war within). The paper aims to show how, in Plato’s works, the memory of recent Athenian history plays a significant role in reflecting on the nature of war and its rules.
The paper focuses on the rethinking of Athenian great politicians of the time of the Pentekontaetia in Plato's Gorgias and Meno.
Mychapter examines how Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials incorporates and reimagines Greek and Latin narratives of Underworld visits.
Il contributo verte sulla memoria della peste di Atene nei dialoghi di Platone. Per l’unica menzione esplicita, nel Simposio, si riflette sul significato assunto nel rapporto tra la salvezza filosofica proposta da Diotima e la città storica. Si analizza poi un’altra ‘malattia’ platonica l’indisposizione di Carmide nell’omonimo dialogo – che può essere accostata alla peste, per mostrare come, in entrambi i casi, la ricerca filosofica si ponga come alternativa a una malattia esiziale, offrendo però una speranza infine disattesa dalle scelte di coloro che dovrebbe guarire.
In the first part, I compare the lay with Virgilian and Ovidian versions of Orpheus’ myth. This comparison shows the anonymous author’s deep knowledge of the ancient texts and complex way of rewriting them through stealing and hybridization.
The lay was highly esteemed by Tolkien, who translated it and took inspiration from it while describing the Elven kingdom in The Hobbit and building the storyline of Beren and Lúthien in The Silmarillion. Through this key tale, Orpheus/Orfeo’s romance has a deep influence also on Aragorn and Arwen’s story in The Lord of the Rings. The most important element that Tolkien takes from the Sir Orfeo figuration of the ancient story is undoubtedly the insertion of political theme: the link established between the recovery of the main character’s beloved and the return to royal responsability.
The second part of the paper is, thus, dedicated to the reception of Sir Orfeo and the classical myth in Tolkien. It shows how in his work the different steps of the tradition of Orpheus’ story are co-present, creating an inextricable substrate of inspiration that nourishes his imagination.
Il contributo è incentrato sull'immaginario monumento funerario che costituisce lo sfondo e il costante riferimento del λόγος ἐπιτάφιος pronunciato da Socrate nel Menesseno di Platone. In esso giacciono i caduti di alcune guerre combattute da Atene. L'analisi dei riferimenti a tale presenza, tramite il refrain ἐνθάδε κεῖνται, permette di notare come si tratti dei morti nelle fuerre combattute tra il 457 e il 406 a. C., ossia le guerre civili tra Greci, responsabili del declino di Atene e vissute da Socrate stesso. Si tratta di un'insolita chiaver di lettura per interpretare la manipolazione da parte di Platone di eventi storici, i cui caduti sono, come Socrate e come Atene, al tempo stesso sepolti sotto gli occhi di tutti e impossibili da trovare.
From its foundation, however, the role of archives has changed and must deal with the needs of an increasingly international research landscape, as well as with new teaching tools and strategies. Since October 2019, the CRIMTA has been reflecting on the digitization of its holdings. With our paper, we want to illustrate the actions that will lead to the creation of a digital version of the CRIMTA archive. This initiative will be possible in collaboration with the Digital Library Project of the University of Pavia, which is providing for the digitization of some funds from the Pavia libraries. The objective of this initiative is twofold: conservation and access. On the one hand, there is a technical need to preserve the fund, which, otherwise, risks deteriorating and being lost; on the other hand, the digitization would allow greater accessibility of documents, a need which, during the recent sanitary emergence, has become central.
The paper will also provide an opportunity to reflect on the advantages of a digital archive for the performances of ancient dramas, in terms of accessibility and usability, but also some difficulties and limits, not only technical, of such a project.
Il lavoro si concentra sui contesti e i significati dei termini ἄτοπος e ἀτοπία nel teatro attico del V secolo (Ione e Ifigenia in Tauride di Euripide; Acarnesi, Uccelli, Rane ed Ecclesiazuse di Aristofane) e mira a una valorizzazione della categoria usualmente retorica e scientifica di ἀτοπία in testi drammatici. Non si tratta, infatti, di una semplice nozione di stranezza e/o di stupidità o malvagità, ma di un concetto complesso di estraneità al proprio tempo e spazio, all'ordine universale o dei propri stessi sentimenti: in questo senso l'ἀτοπία diventa termine tecnico della devianza dall'ordinario.
From the outset, our goal has been to create a space for interdisciplinary comparison and exchange among young scholars of the ancient world, which could enrich all of us on a methodological and scientific level, as well as provide us with a valuable opportunity to experience another side of academic life.
The chosen theme not only reflects this intent, proposing a problem that can be declined from countless points of view, but also a vigilant and concerned look at the complexities of the present, which incessantly proposes the Mediterranean, which in our doctoral program we study in its ancient form, not as a crossroads but as a barrier.
The program, the result of a selection that involved numerous doctoral programs in related disciplines, brings together at Tor Vergata representatives of over fifteen universities in Italy, France, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom, and includes two days of intense presentations that address the theme of the boundary between cultures, peoples, religions, and worldviews with a multiplicity of approaches, ranging from 7th-century BC Phoenicia to late antiquity, from the experience of fugitive slaves to the heights of imperial power.
It is our hope that the event can truly represent an engine of collaboration and shared reflection and an example among many of the vitality of ancient studies at our university.
The conference will be held at the "Tor Vergata" University of Rome on January 24th-25th 2025
It is the second event in a series of Durham's academic workshops on Plato, which were inaugurated in 2019 with the International Conference Plato on Comedy.
The workshop gathers domestic and international scholars at different stages of their careers with the aim to 1. share their views on the relationship of Plato with the concept of poetry and music in general, as well as the reception of his ideas stemming primarily from the Laws and the Republic during the different of development of medieval and later philosophy; 2. offer a platform for the discussion of Plato and ancient Greek literature, with a focus on broadening and supporting innovative methodologies that revolve around interdisciplinarity and cross-pollination between fields; 3. broaden our understanding of Plato and his literary technique, in relationship or contrast with his contemporary literary traditions.
Finally, the Workshop will include presentations from PhD Candidates, Early Career Researchers, and Established Scholars, as well as a Round Table to allow for the exchange of ideas between the participants of each panel and the audience.
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