Papers by Alessia PRONTERA
Plekos, 2025
Il volume raccoglie gli atti del Convegno internazionale "Lateinische Literatursprache und Werkch... more Il volume raccoglie gli atti del Convegno internazionale "Lateinische Literatursprache und Werkcharakter. Sprachliche Gestalt, Stil, Form und Text in spätantiker Literatur" che si è tenuto dal 5 all'8 ottobre 2021, presso la Katholische Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt. Il convegno e, conseguentemente, gli atti si prefiggono di colmare una lacuna negli studi linguistico-letterari, conciliando due branche della ricerca che spesso operano separatamente, la letteratura e la storia della lingua. Cogliendo la complessità culturale del tardoantico, la miscellanea affronta molteplici aspetti del rapporto tra le due discipline, offrendo studi e spunti utili per la comunità scientifica che vanno dall'impatto del cambiamento linguistico su quello stilistico, il ruolo della grammatica, della retorica, dei classici e la conseguente tensione tra classicismo e innovazione sul piano sintattico-grammaticale e lessicale, le situazioni comunicative legate (o meno) all'oralità. La miscellanea si apre con il ricco e documentato contributo di Gerd V. M. Haverling ("Literatursprache und Sprachentwicklung in der römischen Spätantike", pp. 17-52) che, individuando tre stili letterari (elevato, medioalto e distante dalla tradizione letteraria), si concentra sull'approccio di Simmaco e di Gregorio di Tours al mutamento linguistico che il latino subisce in epoca tarda sul piano morfologico, sintattico e lessicale. Attraverso un numero nutritissimo di testimonianze letterarie, la studiosa indaga le modalità e la misura in cui i due autori risentono dell'evoluzione linguistica, anche a fronte della diversa formazione culturale. Appare chiaramente che, ad esempio, dinanzi alla presenza dell'ausiliazione di volo/habeo/incipio + infinitivo o dell'oscillazione semantica di sera e vesper in Gregorio, Simmaco non presenta alternanze, dimostrando, dunque, un alto grado di conservatorismo linguistico, dipendente necessariamente da quello culturale. Al contrario, di Gregorio la studiosa riporta posizioni meno rigide e più aperte al cambiamento linguistico, che, adottando un lessico politico, vengono descritte come 'Liberalismus' (p. 48), analogo a quello di Ambrogio e Agostino. Un contributo solo in apparenza poco pertinente alla miscellanea è quello di Wolfgang de Melo ("Wenn Größe nicht zur Nachahmung führt: Varros De lingua latina", pp. 53-68) che fin dalle prime righe riconosce l' 'eccentricità'
Incontri di filologia classica, 2024
L'articolo fornisce edizione, traduzione italiana e commento degli epigrammi pederotici 22 e 23 d... more L'articolo fornisce edizione, traduzione italiana e commento degli epigrammi pederotici 22 e 23 della Appendix di carmi attribuiti a Claudiano nell' edizione di John Barrie Hall 1985. Oltre alla ricostruzione della tradizione editoriale, che si intreccia con quella di Petronio, viene preso in considerazione anche un nuovo testimone manoscritto (Rawlinson G. 109) dell'inizio del sec. XIII, fino a oggi ignorato. Dal confronto con epigrammi medievali anonimi sul rapporto tra un uomo e un puer emergono analogie che permettono di considerare i carmi 22 e 23 coevi e pure collocabili in età medievale.
Rivista di Filologia e Istruzione Classica , 2024
Starting from the description of the sturgeon in Auson. Mos. 135-139, this article discusses the ... more Starting from the description of the sturgeon in Auson. Mos. 135-139, this article discusses the reading deprensa and the conjecture defensa contained in two passages of Ausonius, reconstructing the poet's previous models (Vergil and Seneca) and tracing the subsequent influence of the expression via the metaphor of the whale in Claudian (Eutr. 2, 430-431) and Noah's ark in Arator (apost. 2, 682-684).
Il calamo della memoria. Riuso di testi e mestiere letterario nella Tarda Antichità, X-2023 A cura di Martina Venuti, 2024
The cycle of seven brief epigrams in distichs on the crystal rock by Claudian (carm. min. 33-39) ... more The cycle of seven brief epigrams in distichs on the crystal rock by Claudian (carm. min. 33-39) is a clear example of the preference for the natural mirabilia, that is expressed above all by the Latin poetry of Late Antiquity. In this essay, I try to highlight the poetic technique, based on the contrast (solid - liquid, inside - outside, freedom - captivity/protection), and models (Vergil, Statius, and two cases of rewriting of Martial). Because of its literary (and philologic) value in the description of the crystal rock and of the physical characteristics, the lesson porrectam (carm. min. 36,1) could be recovered.
Sulle tracce della fortuna dei «Carmina» di Ennodio tra Tardoantico e Medioevo
Filologia mediolatina, 31, 2024
Knowledge of the poems of Magnus Felix Ennodius in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages is a field ... more Knowledge of the poems of Magnus Felix Ennodius in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages is a field of research that has not yet been explored. The essay provides some food for thought on the possible fortune of the Late Antique author starting from Columbanus up to Radulfus Tortarius, identifying in the greatest medieval poets (Aldhelm, Paul the Deacon, Sedulius Scotus) expressions, verbal sequences and original clauses of the poet of Ticinum. The last section is dedicated to the epigraphic field and above all to the Fortleben of notable iuncturae minted by Ennodius in some inscriptions of the 8th-9th century.
Philologia antiqua, 17, 2024
This is the first part of a bibliographic review of Ausonius’ publications from 2009 to 2023, and... more This is the first part of a bibliographic review of Ausonius’ publications from 2009 to 2023, and continues those of Mondin 1994 and Gruber 2005. It deals with the following works: Bissula, Cento nuptialis, Commemoratio professorum Burdigalesium, Cupido cruciatus, Caesares, Eclogae, Ephemeris, Epicedion in patrem, Epigrammata, Epistulae, Epitaphia heroum. After a brief overview of the most recent editions and modern translations, eleven chapters examine critical perspectives, different interpretations and studies concerning each work.
Rationes Rerum 23,1, 2024
This article examines the second hemistich of v. 107 of Ausonius’ Cento nuptialis, on which criti... more This article examines the second hemistich of v. 107 of Ausonius’ Cento nuptialis, on which critics have often been divided. The expression "pedibus per mutua nexis" would be part of the description of the husband’s phallus during the wedding night and not of the description of the intertwined bodies of the newlyweds. Its tangential connection with Proba’s Cento Vergilianus would no longer be explicable as a parodic allusion to this Christian writing.
Bollettino di studi latini 54,1, 2024
The essay takes into consideration the commemorative epigrams (epigr. 3-4 Green), commissioned to... more The essay takes into consideration the commemorative epigrams (epigr. 3-4 Green), commissioned to Ausonius, where the Danube conveys to Valens the news of the victories of the Emperor Valentinian against Suebi and Alamanni (367-369). Tracing literary sources, hitherto neglected by critics, we try to highlight a hidden imitation Alexandri: the allusion to the Macedonian conqueror could be reconstructed in a ring composition between the first distich of epigr. 3 and the last of epigr. 4, in which the hope that the emperor will find the sources of the Nile seems recall a belief that Alexander stood out in the geographical discovery.
Un carmen epigraphicum da Varaždinske Toplice (Croazia)
Epigraphica, 2023
The essay studies a new metrical inscription from Varaždinske Toplice (ancient Aquae Iasae, in mo... more The essay studies a new metrical inscription from Varaždinske Toplice (ancient Aquae Iasae, in modern Croatia), composed after the restauration of the famous thermal station promoted by the emperor Constantine. In the commentary ad versum some alternative readings of senseless expressions and additions in the fragmentary side of the plate are provided. These are justified through the comparison of many loci similes in Latin poetry dedicated to the celebration of thermal waters (above all Statius and some epigrams of Anthologia Latina, but also Lucretius, Virgil, and Lucan).
Pan. Rivista di Filologia Latina, 2023
L’articolo prende in considerazione la fortuna del nesso carmina loqui in tre dichiarazioni poeti... more L’articolo prende in considerazione la fortuna del nesso carmina loqui in tre dichiarazioni poetiche di Claudiano (Carmina Minora), Ennodio (Dictio Ennodi diaconi quando de Roma rediit) e Aratore (Epistola a Vigilio) per analizzare come la trasmissione della formula non solo implichi un significativo cambiamento di significato e contesto (da quello pagano a quello cristiano) ma anche un intenzionale rovesciamento nel passaggio tra i versi di Ennodio e quelli dell’allievo Aratore.
Magazén International Journal for Digital and Public Humanities, 2023
The investigation of intertextuality within a corpus of Latin poetry is the main objective of the... more The investigation of intertextuality within a corpus of Latin poetry is the main objective of the research functions of the so-called 'Musisque Deoque Galaxy': formular recurrences, and lexical and metric-verbal co-occurrences draw a dense network of relationships between texts, where poetic memory presents itself in various modalities. This contribution aims to analyse the latest developments in the "Musisque Deoque Galaxy" both from the point of view of the tools created to enable new textual acquisitions and new analyses, and from the technological point of view, with reference to the work carried out to ensure a long-term sustainability.
La memoria digitale: forme del testo e organizzazione della conoscenza. Atti del XII Convegno Annuale AIUCD. Universià di Siena, 5- giugno 2023, 2023
Il poster illustra i recenti lavori di aggiornamento e riorganizzazione dei metadati relativi ai ... more Il poster illustra i recenti lavori di aggiornamento e riorganizzazione dei metadati relativi ai manoscritti che trasmettono i testi contenuti nella risorsa Musisque Deoque.
Il gusto dell'orrido in Ennodio: «carm.» 2, 112 H. «De caeco quodam et luxurioso»
Ennodio di Pavia: cultura, letteratura, stile fra V e VI secolo, 2023
The essay provides an Italian translation and a complete analysis of the carm. 2,112 H., composed... more The essay provides an Italian translation and a complete analysis of the carm. 2,112 H., composed by Ennodius. The article stresses the intertextual link with previous poetic models (first Martial, but also Vergil, Statius, Persius and some late christian authors, as Sedulius and Sidonius Apollinaris). The revolting description of the blind man and the pestilent stench of his mouth, full of ocular fluid, could allude to both the scoptic topos of the cunnilinctio (or fellatio) and the dedication to excessive wine and food consumption.
The damna naturae and the saburra of the Eunuch Tribunus. A Note to Ennod. carm. II 71 H. = 190b V.
Maia, 2022
The brief article highlights the thematic analogy between a scoptic epigram of Ennodius against t... more The brief article highlights the thematic analogy between a scoptic epigram of Ennodius against the eunuch Tribunus (carm. II 71 H. = 190b V.) and the series of epigrams of Lucillius against the small and light people (AP IX 99-101, 106). The similarity does not seem random and implies that Ennodius read Greek text or Latin translations. In the third paragraph a new interpretation of the ballast, the saburra of Tribunus, is provised in an erotic key.
Il Mons Matrona nell’Itinerarium Brigantionis castelli di Ennodio (carm. 1,1 H.)
Experiencing the Landscape in Antiquity 2 (Roma, 22/11/2021-25/11/2021), 2022
The paper provides an alternative interpretation of the meaning which the Mons Matrona assumes in... more The paper provides an alternative interpretation of the meaning which the Mons Matrona assumes in the Itinerarium Brigantionis castelli of Ennodius. The study identifies as ideal and metaphorical model the mythological figure of the Sirens, who, although they are not
mentioned, are however evocated through the scopuli (frequently associated to the Sirens), the bewitchment of the travelers by the beauty of the landscape and the adjective blandae, often ascribed to the mythological bird-women. Furthermore, it emphasizes the formal elaboration of the verses and the intertextual relationship with ancient texts that describe landscapes of death and letal animals.
Lexis, 40 (n.s.) - June 2022 - Fasc. 1, 2022
The essay explains the intertextual connection of a satiric epigram of Magnus Felix Ennodius, car... more The essay explains the intertextual connection of a satiric epigram of Magnus Felix Ennodius, carm. 2.97 H. = 217 V. De anu quadam with the description of the miraculous pregnancy of Sara, Isaac's mother, in Sedulius' Carmen Paschale. Furthermore, the article provides an Italian translation of the poem to explain the allusion to the menopause of the old woman at l. 3.
Invigilata Lucernis, 2021
The essay proposes a new interpretation of the dressing of Venus in the Epithalamium dictum Maxim... more The essay proposes a new interpretation of the dressing of Venus in the Epithalamium dictum Maximo v.s. by Magnus Felix Ennodius. The description constitutes a hybridization between the profane representation of the goddess (knot-hair, kestos) and the clothing of the virgins nuptae deo (cyclas, a purplish dress adorned with gems and pearls). Moreover, an important literary source, not yet noticed by the recent studies, is identified: an ingredient of the potion of the witch Erichto in Lucan. 6,678 indisputably explains the verse 77 et latet in concis melior custode veneno in the Epithalamium.
Nuovi volti della ricerca archeologica, filologica e storica sul mondo antico - II, 2021
The essay provides a complete study of the literary models of the prefatory epigram of the Hexame... more The essay provides a complete study of the literary models of the prefatory epigram of the Hexameron by Eugenius of Toledo, underlining the processes of refunctionalization of
the paradigms relating to the topos of the Anrede an das Buch (Horatius, Martial, Optatianus Porphyrius, Ausonius), in light of the controversial relationship between the poet and Chindasvintus. Furthermore, the translation and the analysis of the dedicatory epistle to the Visigothic king illustrate the characteristic of Eugenius’ prose. Finally, the formal comparison between the epigram and the final recapitulatio sex dierum proves the aware intention of Eugenius to create a work worthy of an epigone of the classical philologists and the personal library of the king Chindasvintus.
L’articolo fornisce traduzione integrale e analisi sistematica della dictio 12, altrimenti nota c... more L’articolo fornisce traduzione integrale e analisi sistematica della dictio 12, altrimenti nota come Laus litterarum, composta da Ennodio (V-VI secolo) e dedicata a Aratore (probabilmente) nel 508. Nello studio si individuano i modelli letterari dell’epigramma prefatorio (Avieno, Properzio e Macrobio). Per la parte in prosa si dimostra come Ennodio abbia proceduto a una bipartizione del testo in cui la prima sezione contiene una riflessione sull’obbligo morale di ringraziare la Retorica per il dono dell’eloquentia; la seconda, ricca di elementi tipici dell’inno, è dedicata all’encomio effettivo, sistematizzando il repertorio di metafore spesso associate da Ennodio alla composizione letteraria e agli studi liberali.
Conference Presentations by Alessia PRONTERA
Lo studio filologico e letterario di un testo oggi: metodologie e casi di studio, 2025
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mentioned, are however evocated through the scopuli (frequently associated to the Sirens), the bewitchment of the travelers by the beauty of the landscape and the adjective blandae, often ascribed to the mythological bird-women. Furthermore, it emphasizes the formal elaboration of the verses and the intertextual relationship with ancient texts that describe landscapes of death and letal animals.
the paradigms relating to the topos of the Anrede an das Buch (Horatius, Martial, Optatianus Porphyrius, Ausonius), in light of the controversial relationship between the poet and Chindasvintus. Furthermore, the translation and the analysis of the dedicatory epistle to the Visigothic king illustrate the characteristic of Eugenius’ prose. Finally, the formal comparison between the epigram and the final recapitulatio sex dierum proves the aware intention of Eugenius to create a work worthy of an epigone of the classical philologists and the personal library of the king Chindasvintus.
Conference Presentations by Alessia PRONTERA