Eros in the Physics of Ancient Stoicism (Why did Chrysippus think of a cosmogonal fellatio?)

Abstract

Podeu consultar la versió en castellà a: http://hdl.handle.net/2445/12091 ; i en català a: http://hdl.handle.net/2445/12090

The aim of this article is to show not only what is the role played by eros in the Physics of the Ancient Stoicism but also to discover the meaning of the allegorical fellatio, a cosmogonal fellatio, which was introduced by Chrysippus in his Erotic Letters. The meaning of this intellectual boldness becomes quite clear if the texts are analyzed in accordance with the allegorical interpretation developed by the Stoics and when we also analyze the enodatio nominum of the word stóma.