RT Journal Article
T1 The sphere of Saturn (Cicero, “De re publica”, 6.17)
A1 Cancela Cilleruelo, Álvaro
AB ABSTRACT: This paper argues that at Cicero, "De re publica" 6.17 the manuscript text “unum globum” should be kept instead of the conjecture “summum globum”. This conjecture is unanimously attributed to Fr. Boll (1910), but it was proposed already in 1790 by G.W. Maier. The use of “unus” in this context, in which the set of harmonic spheres of our cosmos is described, can be explained as an alternative to “primus” when referring to the first element of a sequence; further instances in Cicero’s works support this interpretation.
PB Franz Steiner Verlag
SN 0018-0777
YR 2022
FD 2022-09
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/120998
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/120998
LA eng
NO Cancela Cilleruelo, Álvaro. «The sphere of Saturn (Cicero, “De re publica”, 6.17)». Hermes , vol. 150, n.º 3, septiembre de 2022, pp. 369-375, https://doi.org/10.25162/hermes-2022-0024.
NO This paper appears as a part of the Research Project “El género consolatorio en época tardoantigua: estudio y edición crítica del ‘De consolatione in aduersis’ (y otros textos tardíos y altomedievales)”, “Programa Logos – Fundación BBVA de Ayudas a la Investigación en el Área de Estudios Clásicos”, Convocatoria 2019.
NO Fundación BBVA
DS Docta Complutense
RD 20 ene 2026