This paper describes the way Virgil has presented Italy, in direct relationship with Aeneas, his poem’s protagonist. Italy not only represents the place of the hero’s arrival, but his future, which is born out of remote origins, even a prophecy from Homer, Iliad 20th, to remain, at least in part, unfinished. This aspect has also been caught in modern literature and art: significant examples are respectively poet Giorgio Caproni and sculptors Francesco Baratta (1726), Ugo Attardi (2001 - 2004) and Sandro Chia (2005). In all these instances, as it is natural when a classic work is received, Virgil offers the starting point to state new values and to give the old myth a new lease of life.
L’articolo studia il modo in cui Virgilio ha presentato l’Italia in diretta relazione con Enea, il protagonista del suo poema. L’Italia rappresenta non solo il luogo d’arrivo dell’eroe, ma il suo futuro, che nasce da origini remote, addirittura una profezia omerica, per rimanere però almeno in parte incompiuto. Questo aspetto è stato colto anche nella letteratura e nell’arte moderna, come è mostrato da esempi significativi rispettivamente del poeta Giorgio Caproni e degli scultori Francesco Baratta (1726), Ugo Attardi (2001 - 2004), Sandro Chia (2005). In tutti i casi, come è naturale nella ricezione di un classico, Virgilio offre il punto di partenza per affermare nuovi valori e dare vita nuova all’antico mito.
L'Italia di Enea fra passato e futuro / Gamberale, Leopoldo. - In: RATIONES RERUM. - ISSN 2284-2497. - STAMPA. - 2013:2(2013), pp. 9-67.
L'Italia di Enea fra passato e futuro
GAMBERALE, Leopoldo
2013
Abstract
This paper describes the way Virgil has presented Italy, in direct relationship with Aeneas, his poem’s protagonist. Italy not only represents the place of the hero’s arrival, but his future, which is born out of remote origins, even a prophecy from Homer, Iliad 20th, to remain, at least in part, unfinished. This aspect has also been caught in modern literature and art: significant examples are respectively poet Giorgio Caproni and sculptors Francesco Baratta (1726), Ugo Attardi (2001 - 2004) and Sandro Chia (2005). In all these instances, as it is natural when a classic work is received, Virgil offers the starting point to state new values and to give the old myth a new lease of life.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.