This essay shows that the culturale and literary programmatic prnciples proudly declared by Boccaccio in the 'Genealogie deorum gentilium' laid the foundations of Florentine Humanism: Varro's advice to bandon the Latin models and search for the Greek sources of culture, reported by Cicero in such a rare text as the 'Academica posteriora', was eagerly embraced and declared by Boccaccio, and 'ad fontes' became the motto of a new age and a new philology, fequently repeated by the humanists. Boccaccio's teacher, Leonzio Plato, was the first to disclose Homer to the western Latin world. Some aspects and problems of his translations are herein examined, so as to show how his influence, through Boccaccio's Genelalogies, can be traced all the way down to the modern world
Da Leonzio a Tomasi di Lampedusa attraverso Boccaccio. Note letterarie e testuali
GUIDA, Augusto
2014-01-01
Abstract
This essay shows that the culturale and literary programmatic prnciples proudly declared by Boccaccio in the 'Genealogie deorum gentilium' laid the foundations of Florentine Humanism: Varro's advice to bandon the Latin models and search for the Greek sources of culture, reported by Cicero in such a rare text as the 'Academica posteriora', was eagerly embraced and declared by Boccaccio, and 'ad fontes' became the motto of a new age and a new philology, fequently repeated by the humanists. Boccaccio's teacher, Leonzio Plato, was the first to disclose Homer to the western Latin world. Some aspects and problems of his translations are herein examined, so as to show how his influence, through Boccaccio's Genelalogies, can be traced all the way down to the modern worldI documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
