Antiquity Studies

Series | Antiquity Studies
Edited book | Paulo maiora canamus
Chapter | Gli strali dell’ira: un presunto thema Vergilianum in Claudiano (carm. min. 6)

Gli strali dell’ira: un presunto thema Vergilianum in Claudiano (carm. min. 6)

Abstract

This paper offers a critical edition and a literary discussion of Claudian, carm. min. 6. Each of the four hexameters of which it consists develops Vergilian materials, namely from two distinct passages in the Aeneid (7.708 and 1.150). The general theme explored by Claudian is that of the improvised ‘weapons’ into which anger turns otherwise innocuous objects. The fortune of the poem, appreciated by both Latin authors and later scholars such as Julius Caesar Scaliger, is also explored.


Open access | Peer reviewed

Submitted: April 23, 2021 | Accepted: May 8, 2021 | Published Dec. 14, 2021 | Language: it

Keywords Claudian • Scholar exercise • Variatio • Carmina minora • Vergil

Copyright © 2021 Angelo Luceri. This is an open-access work distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction is permitted, provided that the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. The license allows for commercial use. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

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