Il “prologus” delle “Mythologiae” di Fulgenzio
ISSN: 2611-1411
Language: Latin, Italian
Publisher: Paolo Loffredo Iniziative Editoriali Srl
Description
Il “prologus” delle “Mythologiae” di Fulgenzio
The Mythologiae of Fulgenzio can still be consulted on a critical text only in the Teubner edition edited by Rudolf Helm in 1898; the Latin text was neglected during the twentieth century and no Italian translation is available today. The prologus of the work, characterized by a complex prosimetric structure and a Latin lambiccato and mysteriously philosophical, is an autonomous and problematic sub-text, which launches an open challenge to the reader: if he wants to access the content of philosophical explanation of the pagan myths offered from the Mythologiae he will have to decipher the proposed code in the prefatory text. The author stages a dense allegorical dialogue that sees Fulgenzio himself and Calliope as protagonists; finally, because there is no lack of adequate support for the intellectual enterprise that is being carried out, Satire, Urania and Philosophy are also called into question.
