Vol. 17 No. 2 (1991): XVII - 1991, fascicolo 2
Articoli

Il mito adombrato o l’età dell’oro ritrovata (Manilio, Astr. 5.270-292)

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  • Loretta Baldini Moscadi
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/prometheus-15444

Published 2023-11-23

Keywords

  • Manilius,
  • Germanicus,
  • Golden Age,
  • Latin poetry

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Abstract

In this passage Manilius, just like Germanicus, evokes the myth of the Golden Age from a very pessimistic point of view, strikingly different from the praise of human intellect in book 1.

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