Vol. 49 (2023): XLIX - 2023
Articoli

Sul testo e i modelli di Aviano, Fab. 3

Published 2023-06-21

Keywords

  • Avianus,
  • Latin fable,
  • textual criticism,
  • intertextuality,
  • Plautus,
  • Lucretius,
  • Babrius,
  • Aphtho¬nius,
  • Lactantius,
  • Phaedrus
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Abstract

The article provides critical and exegetical notes on a fable by Avianus (Fab. 3) and an ana­lysis of its literary models; it also offers observations on the ‘Fortleben’ of Plautus (Pseud. 955), Lucretius (6.24-28) and Phaedrus (5.10 Zago), as well as on the text of Babr. 109, Aphthon. Fab. 11 Hausrath, Lact. Inst. 7.27.6-7.