The Citations of Apollonius Rhodius’ Argonautica in Angelo Poliziano’s Unpublished Hand Notes to Virgil’s Aeneid

Authors

  • Lorenzo Vespoli University of Geneva

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14232/suc.2022.3.403-420

Keywords:

Poliziano, Virgil, Aeneid, Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica, Fortleben

Abstract

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.

Author Biography

Lorenzo Vespoli, University of Geneva

is a doctoral candidate in Latin Language and Literature at the University of Geneva (CH). He holds a BA and a MA in Classics from the University of Genoa (IT). His doctoral dissertation will focus on Valerius Flaccus’ imitative technique in the first book of the Argonautica. His other research interests are intertextuality and humanistic commentaries on the works of Greek and Latin authors.

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Published

2023-05-22

How to Cite

Vespoli, L. (2023). The Citations of Apollonius Rhodius’ Argonautica in Angelo Poliziano’s Unpublished Hand Notes to Virgil’s Aeneid. Sapiens Ubique Civis, 3, 403–420. https://doi.org/10.14232/suc.2022.3.403-420

Issue

Vol. 3 (2022): Sapiens ubique civis III

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Articles