A quote from Eur., Tr. 65-71 in Cyr., Juln. 5, 31, 32-42 constitutes further evidence in support of the authenticity of Euripides’ prologue to The Trojan Women. However, its authenticity was questioned in a paper by John R. Wilson back in 1967. First of all, the paper outlines Wilson’s viewpoint, then the dramaturgical objections brought forward by other scholars as well as the witnesses provided by manuscripts and by uJpoqevsei", to end with the contribution offered by the quote contained in Cyril’s Contra Julianum. He makes use of the Euripidean passage to refute the criticism in Julian’s Contra Galilaeos of the presumed changeable nature of God, who had appeased his wrath against his people thanks only to the murder of just a couple of adulterers perpetrated by the high priest Phinehas (Nm 25). Athena would have done the same – Cyril says – dampening his anger against all the Achaeans for the violence of Ajax the Lesser carried out against Cassandra, if even one of them had punished him.
Una citazione euripidea in Cyr., Juln. 5, 31, 32-42
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2019-01-01
Abstract
A quote from Eur., Tr. 65-71 in Cyr., Juln. 5, 31, 32-42 constitutes further evidence in support of the authenticity of Euripides’ prologue to The Trojan Women. However, its authenticity was questioned in a paper by John R. Wilson back in 1967. First of all, the paper outlines Wilson’s viewpoint, then the dramaturgical objections brought forward by other scholars as well as the witnesses provided by manuscripts and by uJpoqevsei", to end with the contribution offered by the quote contained in Cyril’s Contra Julianum. He makes use of the Euripidean passage to refute the criticism in Julian’s Contra Galilaeos of the presumed changeable nature of God, who had appeased his wrath against his people thanks only to the murder of just a couple of adulterers perpetrated by the high priest Phinehas (Nm 25). Athena would have done the same – Cyril says – dampening his anger against all the Achaeans for the violence of Ajax the Lesser carried out against Cassandra, if even one of them had punished him.
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