@article{Rover_2020, title={La polemica antiscettica nel IV libro di Lucrezio. Un’eco antiochea? - The Anti-Sceptical Polemic in Lucretius Book IV: An Echo of Antiochus?}, volume={4}, url={https://ojs.unito.it/index.php/COL/article/view/4674}, DOI={10.13135/2532-5353/4674}, abstractNote={<p>This contribution suggests the hypothesis of a rather late dating, in the context&nbsp;of the Epicurean tradition, of the anti-sceptical dispute conducted by Lucretius&nbsp;in the fourth book of his poem (spec. vv. 469-521). To this end, some parallels&nbsp;between the Lucretian polemic and the position that Cicero, in the Lucullus, attributes&nbsp;to Lucullus, spokesman of Antiochus of Ascalon (135/130-68 BC), will be&nbsp;examined. The assonance between the&nbsp; controversy conducted by Lucullus against&nbsp;academic scepticism and the arguments outlined in the fourth book of De rerum&nbsp;natura, together with the elements of Stoicism ascribed to Antiochus’ “syncretism”,&nbsp;testify to how Lucretius’ verses could be the result of a comparison with&nbsp;various “endemic” instances of the philosophical temperament of the years in&nbsp;which their author lived and wrote.</p&gt;}, number={1}, journal={Ciceroniana On Line}, author={Rover, Chiara}, year={2020}, month={Jun.}, pages={157-183} }