Papers by Lorenzo Vespoli
Medicina e Letteratura tra Medioevo ed Età moderna, a cura di Clara Fossati, Genova, Università degli Studi: D.A.Fi.St., pp. 83-101, 2023
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FERVET OPVS: Per i primi sessant’anni di Vichiana, a cura di Crescenzo Formicola, Pisa-Roma, Fabrizio Serra Editore («La Biblioteca di Vichiana», 3), pp. 256-261, 2024
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Wiener Studien, 137, pp. 247-264, 2024
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Mittellateinisches Jahrbuch, 59/1, PP. 17-34, 2024
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Maia 75/2-3, pp. 520-529, 2023
This paper aims to provide a reading of the nocturnal battle between the Argonauts and the Dolion... more This paper aims to provide a reading of the nocturnal battle between the Argonauts and the Doliones described by Valerius Flaccus in iii 14-272 as an interweaving of models describing nyktomachies. In this regard, although Valerius Flaccus’ scene is strongly indebted to the same episode described by Apollonius Rhodius, it is possible to identify other texts in which a night battle is described that have so far not been sufficiently
considered as models.
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Sileno, 49/1-2, 2023
The incunabulum Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Rés. G. Yc. 236
transmits Angelo Polizia... more The incunabulum Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Rés. G. Yc. 236
transmits Angelo Poliziano’s hand notes to Virgil’s works. This paper offers a survey of the citations from Sophocles’ plays used by Poliziano to comment on Virgil’s Eclogues and Aeneid. The aim is also to provide new information for further research on both the humanists’ interest in Greek theatre and, more broadly, on Sophoclean Fortleben in the Renaissance.
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Archivum mentis, 12, pp. 127-149, 2023
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Philologus, 2023
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Sapiens Ubique Civis, 3, 2022
As far as scholars know from the available evidence, Angelo Poliziano’s academic activity in the ... more As far as scholars know from the available evidence, Angelo Poliziano’s academic activity in the Studium of Florence did not include a course specifically devoted to Apollonius Rhodius. This paper offers a survey of the citations from Apollonius Rhodius’ Argonautica in Poliziano’s hand notes to the Aeneid, transmitted by the incunabulum Paris, BNF, Rés. G. Yc. 236, to provide new information for further research both on the humanist’s interest in the Hellenistic poem and, more generally, on the Apollonian reception in the Renaissance.
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ITINERARIA, 2022
This paper aims to suggest that Virgil, in describing the Trojans’ set off from Carthage in the f... more This paper aims to suggest that Virgil, in describing the Trojans’ set off from Carthage in the fourth book of the Aeneid (ll. 554-585), drew on two scenes of Apollonius Rhodius’ Argonautica: the departure of the Argonauts from the harbor of Pagasae, in the first book (ll. 519-546), and that from Colchis in the fourth book (ll. 183-211). If, on one hand, the Argonauts’ departure from Colchis has been already acknowledged as Virgil’s model, on the other hand, the scene of the ship Argo’s departure from Pagasae has not been sufficiently considered. By comparing the scenes taken into account, I highlight some relevant similarities
of action and verbal patterns, in order to show that Virgil reworked in the narrative of the set off from Carthage both the departure scenes described by Apollonius Rhodius.
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Una / Κοινῇ, 2021
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Bollettino dei Classici (Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei), 2021
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L’Antiquité Classique, 2021
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Philologus, 2020
This paper focuses on two lines of the poem Aetna that are generally considered to be corrupt (58... more This paper focuses on two lines of the poem Aetna that are generally considered to be corrupt (586–587). I suggest two emendations aimed at restoring a reasonable form of the text, consistent with the traditional portrait of the Pandionids. In order to solve the crux it is necessary to restore the two topoi related to the representation of the Pandionids after their metamorphoses: the place where they reside and the mourning song of the nightingale.
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Maia, 74/3, 2022
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BOLLETTINO DI STUDI LATINI, 2021
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Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2022.06.19, 2022
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Maia, 2021
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MAIA Rivista quadrimestrale di letterature classiche diretta da GUIDO PADUANO, ALESSANDRO SCHIESARO e SANDRA ISETTA, 2021
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considered as models.
transmits Angelo Poliziano’s hand notes to Virgil’s works. This paper offers a survey of the citations from Sophocles’ plays used by Poliziano to comment on Virgil’s Eclogues and Aeneid. The aim is also to provide new information for further research on both the humanists’ interest in Greek theatre and, more broadly, on Sophoclean Fortleben in the Renaissance.
of action and verbal patterns, in order to show that Virgil reworked in the narrative of the set off from Carthage both the departure scenes described by Apollonius Rhodius.
Reviews by Lorenzo Vespoli
considered as models.
transmits Angelo Poliziano’s hand notes to Virgil’s works. This paper offers a survey of the citations from Sophocles’ plays used by Poliziano to comment on Virgil’s Eclogues and Aeneid. The aim is also to provide new information for further research on both the humanists’ interest in Greek theatre and, more broadly, on Sophoclean Fortleben in the Renaissance.
of action and verbal patterns, in order to show that Virgil reworked in the narrative of the set off from Carthage both the departure scenes described by Apollonius Rhodius.
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Una / Κοινῇ - Journal of Classical Studies and their Reception in Modern and Contemporary Italian Literature intends to investigate the classical world from multiple viewpoints (linguistic, literary, philological), by combining the classical, modern and contemporary with an interdisciplinary perspective and simultaneously promoting a lively and fruitful debate. The journal aims to favor a diachronic and synchronic, theoretical and methodological reflection, which can move along a broad timeline. With these premises in mind, the journal welcomes contributions that concern both the classical world and its reception in modern and contemporary Italian literature, thus favoring intersectional and intertextual papers without restrictions of methodologies and analysis.
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In the seventh book of the Argonautica, Venus, disguised as Circe, goes to Medea to convince her to help Jason in the tasks imposed on him by Aeetes. Commenting on Val. Fl. 7.262, where the mythical island of Circe is mentioned, Bartolomeo della Fonte provides information on the location of this island by citing texts by classical authors. The humanist draws information from both poetic texts, such as Homer’s Odyssey and Ovid’s Metamorphoses, and prose texts, such as the works of Strabo and Pliny the Elder.
With this research, I aim to investigate the reception of the locus classicus of the island of Circe from different perspectives: (i) how did Greek and Latin authors, from Homer to Valerius Flaccus, describe the island and where did they place it? (ii) What model does Valerius Flaccus rework when referring to this island? (iii) How does Bartolomeo della Fonte use the information provided by classical authors on this fictional island? By answering these questions, I aim to provide new information on what humanists thought about imaginary islands and the reception of classical authors in particular in the exegetical work of Bartolomeo della Fonte and more broadly in the Renaissance.
To date, there are no specific studies on Politianus’ citations of the Declamationes maiores and for this reason my article would provide a first survey on this field. I will structure my work as follows: (i) collecting Politianus’ citations of the Declamationes maiores; (ii) taking into account the context of the citation; (iii) providing an analysis of the context of the locus quoted and that of the text that he wanted to comment, in order to understand the reason of the citation.
My research could provide useful informations about the reception of the Decamationes maiores in the Renaissance: (i) Politianus’ interpretation of some passages; (ii) if possible, the manuscript used by Politianus to read the Declamationes maiores; (iii) some information about the discussion between Politianus and other humanists about the interpretation of specific passages of the pseudo-Quintilian’s work.
Valerius Flaccus’ imitative technique works on several levels that can be grouped in the following two macro-categories: (a) the scenic level (structure of the overall narrative, narrative placing, similarity of action); (b) the verbal level (verbal patterning). The nyktomachy in Valerius Flaccus’ Argonautica broadly reworks two scenes from his main models: AR 1.1015-1056, in which the same events are narrated, and Verg. Aen. 2.250-804, where the nighttime battle in Troy is described. Alongside these scenes, Valerius Flaccus draws on other models from Homer onward.
My research aims to provide a reading of the nyktomachy described by Valerius Flaccus as an interweaving of the models both on structural and verbal levels. Alongside this main objective, I aim to answer other relevant questions: (i) even if Valerius’ scene is heavily indebted to those described by Apollonius Rhodius and Virgil, is it possible to identify other models in the verbal patterns adopted by the author that contributed to the description of the battle? (ii) Are these ‘secondary models’ scenes of war, or not? (iii) Is it possible to identify a reason for the rework of the models? Answering these questions would lead to a new intertextual reading of the scene described by Valerius and contribute to the studies on the nyktomachies.