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.
University of Zurich, Switzerland
Chapter Title
«Ut testatur Ovidius»: Boccaccio lettore dei commenti alle Metamorfosi
Authors
Lisa Ciccone
Language
Italian
DOI
10.36253/978-88-5518-236-2.05
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Publication Year
2020
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Book Title
Intorno a Boccaccio / Boccaccio e dintorni 2019
Book Subtitle
Atti del Seminario internazionale di studi (Certaldo Alta, Casa di Giovanni Boccaccio, 12-13 settembre 2019)
Editors
Giovanna Frosini
Peer Reviewed
Number of Pages
294
Publication Year
2020
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© 2020 Author(s)
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Publisher Name
Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/978-88-5518-236-2
ISBN Print
978-88-5518-235-5
eISBN (pdf)
978-88-5518-236-2
eISBN (epub)
978-88-5518-237-9
Series Title
Studi e saggi
Series ISSN
2704-6478
Series E-ISSN
2704-5919