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RicercaGianpiero Rosati
La forma impossibile: le Genealogie e la tradizione mitografica antica
Parole chiave: Mitografia, Ovidio, Esiodo, Genealogie
Abstract: The Impossible Form: The Genealogies and the Ancient Mythographic Tradition. This study deals with the structure of the Genealogies and their relationship with the ancient mythographic tradition. Although only indirectly known to Boccaccio, Hesiod, the author of Theogony and Catalogue of Women, could be seen as a cultural model for the “dialogue” with King Hugh (who had commissioned the Genealogies), especially for his idea of the political function of literature, which had already inspired men of letters in Augustan society (especially Virgil and Horace) and was the best reference framework for poets and intellectuals who were seeking the protection of power. The model most widely present in the Genealogies is, however, Ovid’s Metamorphoses, whom Boccaccio considered as his main literary model.
Keywords: Mithography, Ovid, Hesiod, Genealogies
Contenuto in: Giovanni Boccaccio: tradizione, interpretazione e fortuna. In ricordo di Vittore Branca
Curatori: Antonio Ferracin e Matteo Venier
Editore: Forum
Luogo di pubblicazione: Udine
Anno di pubblicazione: 2014
Collana: Libri e biblioteche
ISBN: 978-88-8420-849-1
ISBN: 978-88-8420-976-4 (versione digitale/pdf)
Pagine: 3-17
DOI: 10.4424/978-88-8420-849-1-01
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Per citare:
Gianpiero Rosati,
«La forma impossibile: le Genealogie e la tradizione mitografica antica», in
Antonio Ferracin e Matteo Venier (a cura di),
Giovanni Boccaccio: tradizione, interpretazione e fortuna. In ricordo di Vittore Branca, Udine, Forum, 2014,
pp.
3-17
