- I miei scritti su Plutarco
- Angelo Casanova
Traduzioni e riusi del «Grillo» di Plutarco nel Rinascimento fiorentino: Machiavelli e Gelli
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- DOI: 10.36253/979-12-215-0824-6.09
Plutarch’s works were well known in the Florentine Renaissance, and were translated into Italian many times. The mythical dialogue Gryllus was highly appreciated and imitated. Machiavelli, the famous writer, repeatedly refers to it in his unfinished satyrical poem entitled L’Asino (The Ass), which takes the cue from Dante’s Divina Commedia and Apuleius’ Golden Ass. This paper discusses several quotations showing mockeries of Plutarch’s work. Besides, it briefly illustrates G. B. Gelli’s Circe, a perfectly complete prose work with extensive reminiscences of the Plutarchean dialogue.
- Keywords:
- Plutarch’s Gryllus,
- Florentine Renaissance,
- Machiavelli’s L’Asino,
- Gelli’s Circe,
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Chapter Title
Traduzioni e riusi del «Grillo» di Plutarco nel Rinascimento fiorentino: Machiavelli e Gelli
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Language
Italian
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0824-6.09
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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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Studi e saggi
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2704-6478
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2704-5919