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Le madri modello: Cornelia, Aurelia, Azia. Su Tacito, Dialogus de Oratoribus, 2, 28-29 e sul ‘recupero’ del passato da parte di San Gerolamo
Girotti, Beatrice
2016-06-28
Abstract
Each of the ancient Roman matronae was given, from the sources available to us, a
special type of praise: Lucrezia the modesty, to Marzia gravity, the ardor of married Porcia,
a sober “festevolezza” to Claudia, to Giulia the grace. One of “Cornelia” is praised
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for the strength and generosity of spirit, the other for the sweetness of manners and
words. Cornelia, the mother of the Gracchi, is described by Tacitus as an example of the
ideal mother, who raises “good children”. As this pattern of mother has influenced the
later sources? And until this female model is exploited? How real was the influence of
the matronae on the education of their children? Considerations slip of the concept of
motherhood by the testimony of Tacitus “revised” by Saint Jerome.
Series
Polymnia. Collana di Scienze dell'Antichità. Studi di Storia romana
5
Publisher
EUT Edizioni Università di Trieste
Source
Beatrice Girotti, "Le madri modello: Cornelia, Aurelia, Azia. Su Tacito, Dialogus de Oratoribus, 2, 28-29 e sul ‘recupero’ del passato da parte di San Gerolamo" in: Francesca Cenerini e Francesca Rohr Vio (a cura di), "Matronae in domo et in re publica agentes - spazi e occasioni dell'azione femminile nel mondo romano tra tarda repubblica e primo impero", Trieste, EUT Edizioni Università di Trieste, 2016, pp. 339-352
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