Lucius Annaeus Cornutus c. 20 – c. 65
Lucius Annaeus Cornutus (c. 20 – c. 65) was a Roman philosopher of the Ancient era, associated with Stoicism and Hellenistic.
Lucius Annaeus Cornutus was a Roman Stoic philosopher of the first century AD, a freedman of the Annaean family from Leptis Magna in North Africa, who taught philosophy in Rome under the emperors Claudius and Nero and counted among his pupils the satirist Persius and, briefly, the poet Lucan. His Theological Compendium, an allegorical handbook of Greek mythology in the Stoic mode, interpreted the gods of the popular religion as personifications of cosmic and ethical principles, and exerted a long influence on Christian and humanist allegorical reading of pagan texts. He was banished by Nero around 65 AD for objecting to the emperor's projected epic on Roman history, and is heard of no more.
Key facts
- Nationality
- Roman
- Era
- Ancient
- Movements
- Stoicism, Hellenistic
Selected quotes
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Attributed to Lucius Annaeus Cornutus:
“The gods are the names by which the rational order of the world is praised.”
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Attributed to Lucius Annaeus Cornutus:
“Mythology rightly read is philosophy in the language of the city.”
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Attributed to Lucius Annaeus Cornutus:
“Allegory is the bridge between the simplicity of the poet and the rigor of the philosopher.”
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Attributed to Lucius Annaeus Cornutus:
“He who flatters Caesar betrays the Stoa.”
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Attributed to Lucius Annaeus Cornutus:
“The Stoic is at home wherever he is invited to leave.”
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- Lucius Annaeus Cornutus was a Roman Stoic philosopher of the first century AD, a freedman of the Annaean family from Leptis Magna in North Africa, who taught philosophy in Rome under the emperors Claudius and Nero and counted among his pupils the satirist Persius and, briefly, the poet Lucan.
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