'Ignosce, non possum'. Modelli declamatori e topoi tragici a confronto: padri e figli tra declamazione e tragedia

This paper deals with the links between Latin declamation and tragedy through the investigation of some controversiae, focusing on the relationship father-son. The comparison between some declamatories passages (Sen. contr. 1, 4 and Calp. exc. 18) and some Senecan tragic verses (from Thyestes and Phaedra) allows to detect the proximity between the rhetoric practiced in the schools of declamation and Senecan tragic theatre.