- I miei scritti su Plutarco
- Angelo Casanova
Rilievi sulle citazioni di Euripide in Plutarco
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- DOI: 10.36253/979-12-215-0824-6.18
A systematic investigation of his quotations from Euripides reveals Plutarch’s thorough familiarity with many of the Athenian’s plays, which he was able to quote currently, often from memory, sometimes incurring a few minor slips. He often adapts the quotations to his own prose context; sometimes he resorts to scholarly allusion, taking for granted his readership’s familiarity with the original, and his ability to grasp and appreciate the mood induced by a small variation”. This point is plain enough, as far as preserved tragedies are concerned. The investigation is more difficult about his quotations from lost tragedies. In some cases, the peculiarity of the quotation is due to problems in the transmission of Plutarch’s text. In one case, however, a slip on Plutarch’s part can hardly be denied – concerning not the quote itself, but the attribution to a wrong play.
- Keywords:
- Plutarch,
- Euripides’ quotations,
- text,
- variants,
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Chapter Title
Rilievi sulle citazioni di Euripide in Plutarco
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Language
Italian
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0824-6.18
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Publication Year
2025
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Book Title
I miei scritti su Plutarco
Book Subtitle
Raccolti, riveduti e corretti con bibliografia unificata
Authors
Angelo Casanova
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Number of Pages
366
Publication Year
2025
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© 2025 Author(s)
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Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0824-6
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979-12-215-0823-9
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979-12-215-0824-6
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979-12-215-0825-3
Series Title
Studi e saggi
Series ISSN
2704-6478
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2704-5919