El motivo del iter durum en el centón cristiano De Ecclesia

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Articolo

Rivista

AEVUM

Fascicolo

AEVUM - 2021 - 1

Titolo

El motivo del iter durum en el centón cristiano De Ecclesia

Autore

Ana Clara Sisul

Editore

Vita e Pensiero

Formato

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09-2021

Doi

10.26350/000193_000098

Issn

0001-9593 (stampa) | 1827-787X (digitale)

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While describing the descent of Jesus to the netherworld in the virgilian-Christian cento De Ecclesia, the anonymous author establishes a clear intertextual connection with Aeneas’ catabasis in the sixth book of the Aeneid. As a result, Jesus is seen in a heroic light, related to the iter durum motif. However, when narrating his return (in the form of his resurrection), the centonist moves away from Aeneas and into a new intertextual model: Apollo, whose more mature traits help define the parameters of an exemplar figure, superior to the heroes of the pagan heritage.