La Donna, Il Servo E Il Cittadino
Sul Valore Semantico Di Χρηστοσ In Aristot. Po. 1454a 16–28
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https://doi.org/10.12797/CC.24.2021.24.03Keywords:
Aristotele, Poetica, Politica, Menelao, donna, schiavo, cittadinanzaAbstract
In Po. 1454a 16–28, Aristotele afferma che, per essere ben riusciti, tutti gli ἤθη della tragedia devono essere χρηστά, donne e schiavi compresi. L’aggettivo χρηστός, presente solo in questo luogo della Poetica, comporta importanti problemi esegetici e traduttivi, che hanno dato luogo a molteplici interpretazioni e traduzioni del termine. Posti sotto esame i principali tentativi esegetici di χρηστός in Po. 1454a 16–28 dalla metà del Novecento agli anni Duemila, il presente contributo offre una nuova ipotesi esegetica dell’aggettivo, fondandosi sull’analisi del suo valore semantico in alcuni passi delle commedie di Aristofane e dei discorsi degli oratori attici del IV sec. a.C., sulla concezione della natura della donna e dello schiavo che emerge da Aristot. Pol. I 1253b–1260b 24 e sulla menzione aristotelica del personaggio di Menelao dell’Oreste di Euripide come παράδειγμα πονηρίας ἤθους μὴ ἀναγκαίας (Po. 1454a 28–29).
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