Paola Francesca Moretti

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Cyprianus, bonus odor… cypri, e il Quadratus quadratus. Giochi di parole agostiniani su nomi di martiri digital

Anno: 2025

In his sermons, Augustine often makes an ‘improper use’ of the proper names of saints and martyrs: he re-etymologizes them, taking advantage of a grammatical device that requires solely the epilinguistic skills of the listeners (regardless of their literacy) to be properly understood...

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La Medea di Osidio Geta, una tragedia ‘in miniatura’. Con qualche considerazione sul suo possibile Nachleben digital

di Paola Francesca Moretti

Anno: 2010

Different aspects of the Virgilian cento Medea, written by the African Hosidius Geta (II century A.D.), are taken into consideration. First, some examples of its Virgilian and Senecan intertextuality are given, in order to qualify H.’s poetic ars. Then the controversial text of v. 191 is discussed (Media fert tristis sucos, nigris infecta venenis), where, in spite of the metrical infelicity, both Media and nigris are to be retained. Media might be considered in fact a Virgilio-Senecan and scholastic allusion; while the expression nigris infecta venenis was later re-used by Dracontius.

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