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A recent reconstruction of the trial against Cornelius Gallus reopens the debate on this complex case, and leads us to rethink chronology, circumstances and judicial proceedings, reviewing accusations and responsibilities., Une reconstitution récente du procès Gallo relance le débat sur cette affaire complexe et nous amène à réfléchir sur la chronologie et les modalités de son développement, en réexaminant les accusations et les responsabilités.

In the Bucolics Virgil makes a sophisticated use of the aydnaton, in order to convey the feelings and moods of his characters, but also to establish a comparison with Theocritus. In ecl. 8, in particular, the use of this rhetorical figure highlights the poet’s remarkable empathy with the psychology of his characters and the originality of his poetry through a constant literary dialogue with his Theocritean models., Prometheus. Rivista di studi classici, Vol. 46 No. 1 (2020): XLVI - 2020

Vergil’s Eclogue VII, judged paene tota Theocriti by Servius, is instead a poem rich of original features, in which Theocritus is a basis for further comparisons. In this way the Latin poet is able to show and to highlight the novelty of his bucolic production, that is influenced also by other models, among which there are the most modern trends of the contemporary Latin poetry. [it] L’Ecloga VII di Virgilio, giudicata da Servio paene tota Theocriti, è in realtà un componimento ricco di spunti originali, entro il quale Teocrito è citato come termine di confronto: in tal modo il poeta latino può affermare e sottolineare la novità della propria produzione bucolica, debitrice di altri modelli, anche attinti dal panorama culturale contemporaneo.

Virgil often uses the ἀδύνατον in the Bucolics, reworking its features in comparison to Theocritus and the pastoral poetic tradition. In their several and various occurrences, the τόποι of the ἀδύνατον are changed and renewed in order to underline the novelty of Virgilian bucolic poetry and to highlight the psychology of the characters., Dans les Bucoliques Virgile emploie souvent l’ἀδύνατον en le modifiant en comparaison de Théocrite et de la tradition de la poésie pastorale. Dans leurs multiples et diverses occurrences les τόποι de l’ἀδύνατον sont transformés et renouvelés afin de souligner la nouveauté de la poésie bucolique de Virgile et de mettre en valeur la psychologie des personnages.

In Amor. 1.2 Ovidio stabilisce un dialogo poetico sul tema del trionfo e su altri aspetticruciali della propaganda augustea non solo con Tibullo e Properzio, suoi predecessori elegiaci, ma anche con opere importanti come l’Eneide. L’espressionefelicia arma, in particolare, che richiama passicomplessi ed ambigui del poema virgiliano, racchiude una nuova lettura del problematico punto di vista virgiliano sul princepse il suo nuovo regime. In Amor. 1.2 Ovid creates a poetic dialogue not only with Tibullus and Propertius on the theme of the triumph, but also with crucial topics of the Augustan propaganda and with important poems like the Aeneid. The phrase felicia arma, in particular, that recalls complex and ambiguous passages of the Aeneidlike the ending, shows a new reading of the puzzling Virgilian point of view about the princepsand his new regime.