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Apuleio, Metamorfosi, vol. I (libri I-III)
No full textEdizione critica, nuovo testo, nuova traduzione e commento della principale opera apuleiana. A cura di Luca Graverini ; testo critico e nota al testo di Lara Nicolini A full commentary on Books 1-3 of Apuleius' Metamorphoses, published in the Valla-Mondadori "Scrittori greci e latini" series. Three more volumes will follow (Volume 2: Books 4-6; Volume 3: Books 7-9; Volume 4: Books 10-11). The whole series is edited by Alessandro Barchiesi and Luca Graverini. All volumes contain an Italian translation by Luca Graverini, and a critical apparatus by Lara Nicolini. In future volumes, the commentary will be by Caterina Lazzarini (Book 4), Lara Nicolini (Books 5 and 6), Silvia Mattiacci (Book 7), Gabriella Moretti (Books 8 and 9), Alessandro Barchiesi (Books 10 and 11)
Il romanzo antico: forme, testi, problemi
No full textIl volume offre una presentazione aggiornata del romanzo antico, genere letterario oggi sempre più praticato nei corsi universitari e nella ricerca specialistica, ma che gode anche di una crescente diffusione presso il pubblico meno specializzato, testimoniata dalle numerosi edizioni economiche e in traduzione.
Il primo capitolo, di L. Graverini, affronta innanzitutto l'argomento della definizione del genere e delle sue caratteristiche fondamentali, problema reso difficile dalla mancanza di una riflessione in proposito da parte della filologia antica; e la questione delle sue origini e della sua relazione con la seconda sofistica. Sono inoltre studiate le interazioni con altri generi letterari (epica, teatro, storiografia, novellistica e tradizioni folkloriche, testi religiosi e misterici) e le possibii connessioni con tradizioni narrative non greche. Viene infine affrontata la complessa questione del pubblico del romanzo e della sua estrazione sociale, e della categorizzazione del romanzo stesso come 'letteratura di consumo'.
Il secondo capitolo, di L. Graverini, offre una breve antologia delle principali testimonianze dei lettori antichi, che aiuta a inquadrare in modo più concreto le questioni affrontate nel capitolo precedente.
Il terzo capitolo, sempre di L. Graverini, presenta i singoli romanzi greci, sia quelli conservati per intero sia i più importanti testi che ci sono giunti soltanto in modo frammentario o per tradizione indiretta.
Il quarto capitolo, di W. Keulen, affronta il romanzo latino: Petronio, Apuleio, e la Historia Apollonii regis Tyri. Un'ampia parte è dedicata al problema dei rapporti tra i romanzi di Petronio e Apuleio.
Il quinto capitolo, di W. Keulen, offre una breve presentazione della cosiddetta "narrativa di confine" (testi narrativi che hanno una relazione complessa, sia di continuità che di discontinuità, con quelli che abitualmente chiamiamo 'romanzi'), con particolare riguardo alla "Vita di Apollonio di Tiana".
Il sesto e ultimo capitolo, di A. Barchiesi, affronta in modo più generale problemi relativi alla relazione tra le tradizioni narrative greca e latina, soprattutto tramite la presentazione di alcuni testi frammentari anche di recentissima scoperta e tramite lo studio di questioni di identità culturale.
Tutti i capitoli offrono trattazioni chiare e concise, adatte ad un pubblico universitario ma non necessariamente di specialisti in filologia classica; chi volesse approfondire ha a disposizione, per ciascun argomento, una bibliografia ragionata e molto aggiornata, che comprende sia i 'classici' che gli studi più recenti
Further Thoughts on CIL IV, 5296 – CLE 950: Textual Problems, Structure, and Gender Issues
No full textAs the author has argued in a previous paper, CIL IV, 5296 is only the rather clumsy and partial transcription of a poem that has not been composed by the graffito writer himself; its author – very likely a woman – was working with a rather good knowledge of the Latin literary culture. Expanding on these conclusions, this study analyzes some textual and prosodic problems; provides some insight on the compositional technique and structure of the short poem; highlights the interest but also the uncertainties of the gender issues raised by the text
The negotiation of provincial identity throught literature: Apuleius and Vergil
No full textThe Metamorphoses or The Golden Ass of Apuleius (ca. 170 CE ) is a Latin
novel written by a native of Madauros in Roman North Africa, a region
roughly equal to modern Tunisia together with parts of Libya and Algeria.
Apuleius’ novel is based on the model of a lost Greek novel; it narrates the
adventures of a Greek character with a Roman name who spends the bulk
of the novel transformed into an animal, traveling from Greece to Rome
only to end his adventures in the capital city of the empire as a priest of the
Egyptian goddess Isis. Apuleius’ Florida and Apology deal more explicitly
with the African provenance and character of their author while also dem-
onstrating his complex interaction with Greek, Roman, and local cultures.
Apuleius’ philosophical works raise other questions about Greek versus
African and Roman cultural identity.
Apuleius and Africa addresses the problem of this intricate complex of
different identities and its connection to Apuleius’ literary production. It
especially emphasizes Apuleius’ African heritage, which has for the most
part been downplayed or even deplored by previous scholarship. The con-
tributors include philologists, historians, and experts in material culture;
among them are some of the most respected scholars in their fi elds. The
chapters give due attention to all elements of Apuleius’ oeuvre and break
new ground both on the interpretation of Apuleius’ literary production and
on the culture of the Roman Empire in the second century
Recensione a: L. Graverini-L. Nicolini (eds.), Apuleio. Metamorfosi. Libri I-III, Fondazione Lorenzo Valla, Milano 2020
No full textRecensione a L. Graverini-L. Nicolini (eds.), Apuleio. Metamorfosi. Libri I-III, Fondazione Lorenzo Valla, Milano 2020, in: “Athenaeum
The detectors of the SHiP experiment at CERN
Full text linkSHiP is a proposed general purpose fixed target facility at the CERN SPS accelerator. The main focus will be the physics of the Hidden Sector, search for heavy neutrinos, dark photons and other long lived very weakly interacting particles. A dedicated detector, based on a long vacuum tank followed by a spectrometer and particle identification detectors, will allow probing a variety of models with exotic particles in the GeV mass range. Another dedicated detector will allow the study of Standard Model neutrino cross-sections and angular distribution, and allow detection of light dark matter with world leading sensitivity.SHiP is a proposed general purpose fixed target facility at the CERN SPS accelerator. The main focus will be the physics of the Hidden Sector, i.e. search for heavy neutrinos, dark photons and other long lived very weakly interacting particles. A dedicated detector, based on a long vacuum tank followed by a spectrometer and particle identification detectors, will allow probing a variety of models with exotic particles in the GeV mass range. Another dedicated detector will allow the study of Standard Model neutrino cross-sections and angular distribution, and allow detection of light dark matter with world leading sensitivity
SHiP: a new facility with a dedicated detector to search for new long-lived neutral particles
No full textSHIP is a new fixed target experiment whose Technical Proposal has been recently submitted to the CERN SPS Committee. In its initial phase, the 400 GeV proton beam extracted from the SPS will be dumped on a heavy target with the aim of integrating 2 × 1020 pot in 5 years. A dedicated detector, based on a long empty decay volume followed by a spectrometer and particle identi- fication detectors, will allow probing a variety of models with light long-lived exotic particles and masses below O(10) GeV/c2. The main focus will be the physics of the so-called Hidden Portals, i.e. search for Dark Photons, light scalars and pseudo-scalars, and Heavy Neutrinos. The sensitivity to Heavy Neutrinos will allow for the first time to probe, in the mass range between the kaon and the D meson mass, a coupling range for which Baryogenesis and active neutrino masses could also be explained. Direct detection of light and long-lived SUSY particles, such as RPV neutralinos and pseudo-Dirac gauginos could also be performed in an unexplored parameter range
Flavour anomalies: a review
Full text linkThe concept of lepton flavour universality (LFU), according to which the three lepton families are equivalent except for their masses, is a cornerstone prediction of the Standard Model (SM). LFU can be violated in models beyond the SM by new physics particles that couple preferentially to certain generations of leptons. In the last few years, hints of LFU violation have been observed in both tree-level b → cℓν and loop-level b → sℓℓ transitions. These measurements, combined with the tensions observed in angular observables and branching fractions of rare semileptonic b decays, point to a coherent pattern of anomalies that could soon turn into the first observation of physics beyond the SM. These proceedings review the anomalies seen by collider experiments, and give an outlook for the near future.The concept of lepton flavour universality (LFU), according to which the three lepton families are equivalent except for their masses, is a cornerstone prediction of the Standard Model (SM). LFU can be violated in models beyond the SM by new physics particles that couple preferentially to certain generations of leptons. In the last few years, hints of LFU violation have been observed in both tree-level and loop-level transitions. These measurements, combined with the tensions observed in angular observables and branching fractions of rare semileptonic decays, point to a coherent pattern of anomalies that could soon turn into the first observation of physics beyond the SM. These proceedings review the anomalies seen by the LHC experiments and the factories, and give an outlook for the near future
Come si deve leggere un romanzo: narratori, personaggi e lettori nelle Metamorfosi di Apuleio
No full textMost studies of the prologue to Apuleius’ Metamorphoses describe how it
anticipates the rhetorical and narrative strategies of the novel. The prologue,
however, also shapes the reaction of its audience to the narration, demanding
the audience’s attention and their willingness to be surprised.
The first three books of the novel provide the reader with narrative examples
of what is expected from him: several characters are introduced who listen to
stories (Lucius among them) and react to them both emotionally and
practically, acting and making decisions under the influence of those stories.
This narrative strategy clearly encourages the identification of the reader with
Lucius and other characters who listen to stories: the reader feels the same
emotions they feel, looks at things with their eyes, and hears the same stories
through their ears. Moreover, what the characters cannot see or hear is also
invisible or inaudible to the reader, who consequently shares their hopes and
expectations about future events; the reader also shares in the characters’
surprise and disappointment when their expectations are not met.
The reader is thus completely enveloped by the fictional world of the novel,
enacting the “willing suspension of disbelief” that Coleridge deemed
necessary to truly enjoy fiction.
This narrative strategy is also employed later in the novel, albeit less
frequently; above all it leads the reader to share Lucius’ total abandon to Isiac
faith and its wonders at the conclusion of the novel
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