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"Cum poeticis multis uerbis magis delecter quam utar". Poetic citations and etymological enquiry in Varro’s De lingua Latina
No full textThe high number of poetic citations contained in the surviving books of Varro’s "De lingua Latina" are relevant not only as mostly unique attestations of latin arcaic poetry, but also for the special place they hold within Varro’s linguistic treatise. Varro had the intention of going beyond the “second level of etymological explanation” ("secundus gradus etymologiae"), which was limited to poetic neologisms, and to deal with poetic words not necessarily as used only by poets but rather as found in poetic texts. Varro’s interest in poetic words seems to be stimulated in particular by their antiquity, but poetic texts, owing to the authority they possess, can be used also to explain words in common usage. The complete analysis of the citations shows that the drama is best represented, but there are also many epic quotations, and Varro cites prevalently from archaic or late-archaic authors. The poet most cited in "De lingua Latina" is without any doubt Ennius (Varro can ben considered one of the major supporters of the fame of Ennius), followed by Plautus, even from non-canonical comedies - not suprisingly, given Varro’s predilection for this author. Traces are brought out from the arrangement of the examples due to the alphabetical ordering of the titles of Plautus’ comedies and it is suggested the use of scholarly material that was unrelated to the problem of authenticity of the comedies. The poetic citations are mostly concentrated in Book 7, which is dedicated specifically to studying the etymology of poetic words; however many poetic citations are also found in the other two etymological books because of the non-exclusive use of certain words by the poets their authority and antiquity. It is noteworthy that not only the frequency but also the use and purpose of poetic citations differs between Books 5–6 and 7. Varro seems to have been influenced by the methods and results of previous generations of Roman philologists, but his purpose was clearly to "go Beyond" the methods of grammatica antiqua
Comparing Greek Colonies: mobility and settlement consolidation from Southern Italy to the Black Sea (8th – 6th century BC)
No full textTimpanaro, Sebastiano
No full textBiografia del filologo classico italiano Sebastiano Timpanaro (1923-2000), figura di intellettuale di spicco nella seconda metà del Novecento, esperto di storia degli studi classici, del pensiero otto-novecentesco e della storia del marxismo
[Editoriale] (di Scienze dell'Antichità 30.1)
No full textEditoriale di introduzione al fascicolo 1 dell'anno 202
Varrone e i Poetica verba: studio sul settimo libro del De lingua latina
No full textPrimo studio sistematico del settimo libro del De lingua Latina di Varrone, con analisi in particolare della struttura del libro inquadrata nell'ambito dell'articolazione complessiva dell'opera e degli schemi compositivi utilizzati dall'autore (quadripartizione, tripartizione, di cui si indaga l'origine retorico-filosofica). Il carattere erudito ed antiquario del settimo libro, dedicato alle etimologie delle parole utilizzate dai poeti, concilia le motivazioni più puramente linguistiche con il noto interesse varroniano per le origini e le fasi più antiche della storia di Roma. Lo studio particolareggiato del settimo libro permette di riconoscere le modalità di citazione dei testi poetici arcaici e di ricondurre la disposizione delle parole trattate da Varrone in parte alla loro originaria collocazione nelle opere da cui sono tratte le citazioni poetiche o dalle collezioni che le contenevano (in particolare la serie alfabetica delle commedie plautine)
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