Chapter «Ut testatur Ovidius»: Boccaccio lettore dei commenti alle Metamorfosi
Abstract
The article investigates the relationship between Boccaccio's Genealogie and the exegesis of Ovid's Metamorphoses. For each character included in his genealogy, Boccaccio reports first of all the contents of the myth related to it and then the different literal and allegorical interpretations. The main sources are, besides Ovid, Paolo da Perugia and a mysterious Theodontius, who can be identified with a commentary on the Metamorphoses produced in the 11th or 12th century. The article aims to demonstrate that Boccaccio follows the method used by medieval exegetes of the Metamorphoses: rejecting the pagan contents of the myth, the commentators offered an allegorical and moralising interpretation, in fact rewriting the Metamorphoses as a 'medieval' work.
Keywords
Exegesis; Ovid; Myth; AllegoryDOI
10.36253/978-88-5518-236-2.05ISBN
9788855182362, 9788855182362Publisher
Firenze University PressPublisher website
https://www.fupress.com/Publication date and place
Florence, 2020Series
Studi e saggi, 219Classification
Biography, Literature and Literary studies