Sulle orme di Ercole: modelli epici a confronto tra Ovidio e Petronio

Sulle orme di Ercole: modelli epici a confronto tra Ovidio e Petronio

The article aims to explore the connections between the fifteenth book of Ovid’s Metamorphoses and the Bellum civile sung by Eumolpus in Petronius’ Satyricon. Not only structural and thematic analogies, but also the recurrence of key-figures such as Hercules and Caesar support the thesis of a very c...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Laura Aresi
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: LED Edizioni Universitarie 2019-12-01
Series:Erga-Logoi
Subjects:
bellum civile
cesare
crotone
ercole
eumolpo
interpretazione dei presagi
metamorfosi
miscelo
pitagora – bellum civile
caesar
croton
eumolpus
hercules
metamorphoses
myscelus
omens’ interpretation
pythagoras.
Online Access:https://www.ledonline.it/index.php/Erga-Logoi/article/view/1877
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Summary:The article aims to explore the connections between the fifteenth book of Ovid’s Metamorphoses and the Bellum civile sung by Eumolpus in Petronius’ Satyricon. Not only structural and thematic analogies, but also the recurrence of key-figures such as Hercules and Caesar support the thesis of a very close link between the two texts. Eventually, it will be shown that Ovid’s Metamorphoses represent for Petronius both an important model and «anti-model» in the construction of an epic poem which only apparently takes side against Lucan’s Pharsalia.
ISSN:2280-9678
2282-3212

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