Starting from the discussion of a textual problem in the final couplet of a pederastic epigram composed by Apuleius, and quoted by the author in the Apologia (Apul. fr. 4 Courtney/Blänsdorf), this article provides further exploration of the intertextual relationships in Apuleian poetry with the Greco-Roman literary tradition, focusing in particular on bucolic poetry (Virgil’s Eclogue 2; Calpurnius Siculus’ Eclogue 3) and erotic epigrams (Meleager, already a model for Verg. ecl. 2; [ps.-]Plato).

Il 'donax' di Apuleio fra epigramma erotico e poesia bucolica: intertestualità e critica testuale in Apul. fr. 4 Courtney/Blänsdorf

Alessio Ranno
2025

Abstract

Starting from the discussion of a textual problem in the final couplet of a pederastic epigram composed by Apuleius, and quoted by the author in the Apologia (Apul. fr. 4 Courtney/Blänsdorf), this article provides further exploration of the intertextual relationships in Apuleian poetry with the Greco-Roman literary tradition, focusing in particular on bucolic poetry (Virgil’s Eclogue 2; Calpurnius Siculus’ Eclogue 3) and erotic epigrams (Meleager, already a model for Verg. ecl. 2; [ps.-]Plato).
2025
Settore FICP-01/A - Filologia greca e latina
Apuleius; Latin poetry; Greek epigram; intertextuality; philology
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