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Claudiano tra scienza e mirabilia: Hystrix, Nilus, Torpedo (carm. min. 9, 28, 49)

Introduzione, testo, traduzione e commento

Angelo Luceri (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

358 Seiten

2020
Georg Olms Verlag
978-3-487-15948-5 (ISBN)

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In the poetic collection attributed to Claudian (IV-V cent. AD) and known to us by the spurious title of carmina minora three short hexametric poems present topics of the minutest doxography: in the carm. min. 9 Hystrix, 28 Nilus and 49 Torpedo, in fact, the late Latin poet's curiosity about the mirabile by way of the description of a place (the Nile river) or an animal (the porcupine and the torpedo fish), and his attraction to the literature of the 'paradox' go together. In combining the essence of the epigram's form with a supposedly didactic purpose, and by elevating zoological or geographical topics to the level of high literature, Claudian appears comfortable in creating a poetry which is free of empirical or scientific precision and has no intention of being educative, but simply wishes to share the wonderment at the bizarre aspects of reality. The Latin text is presented here in a new critical edition, accompanied by introduction, parallel translation in Italian and commentary.

Erscheinungsdatum	11.11.2020
Reihe/Serie	Spudasmata ; 190
Sprache	italienisch
Maße	150 x 210 mm
Gewicht	546 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Lyrik / Dramatik ► Lyrik / Gedichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Latein / Altgriechisch
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
Schlagworte	Antike • carmina minora • Claudian • Dichtung • Epigramm • Latein • Lyrik • Nil • Stachelschwein • Torpedofisch • Übersetzung
ISBN-10	3-487-15948-1 / 3487159481
ISBN-13	978-3-487-15948-5 / 9783487159485
Zustand	Neuware