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La Figura di Didone Nelle Opere Latine del Boccaccio

Babics, Zsófia (2010) La Figura di Didone Nelle Opere Latine del Boccaccio. Acta Antiqua, 50 (4). pp. 431-458. ISSN 0044-5975

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Abstract

In several of his works, Boccaccio dedicates a whole chapter to the queen of Carthage: we meet Dido in Genealogia, in De casibus virorum illustrium, as well as in De mulieribus claris. While in his early works (e.g. Fiammetta, Filocolo, Amorosa visione, Teseida) the author always talks about Dido based on the Aeneid, in the three Latin works (in accordance with the spirit of the times and his argument) he partly or completely breaks from the Virgilian tradition.This study, on the one hand, aims to introduce those chapters of the three above-listed Latin works that deal with Dido and through this show how the evaluation of the Dido-Aeneas episode has changed in Boccaccio’s works. On the other hand, it searches for the answer to the question of what reasons might have led him to make contradictory statements in relation to certain elements of the story of the Carthaginian queen in his Latin works. Moreover, through these, it explains on what basis Boccaccio (who otherwise — as is clear from his last book Genealogia — has an immense respect for both the poetic craft and Virgil himself) judges and selects from his sources to suit the purpose of his works.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: P Language and Literature / nyelvészet és irodalom > PA Classical philology / klasszika-filológia
Depositing User: xKatalin xBarta
Date Deposited: 04 Jan 2017 08:48
Last Modified: 04 Jan 2017 08:48
URI: http://real.mtak.hu/id/eprint/44487

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