Paradox, metamorphosis, spectacle. Ovidian suggestions in Claudian’s Latin Gigantomachy. In the portrayal of the Giganto-machia, one of Claudian’s most congenial mythological themes, the visual and spec-tacular character of his poetry is brought out. Particularly in the Latin Giganto-machia (carm. min. 53), Claudian is careful to capture the plastic and pictorial as-pects of the episode, as well as its paradoxical and admirable features, with a tech-nique that can be defined as ecphrastic. These modalities bring Claudian close to Ovid, to his poetics of visuality and spectacularisation, in line with some of the ten-dencies that characterise the reception of Ovid in late antique aesthetics.
Nella rappresentazione della Gigantomachia, uno dei temi mito-logici a Claudiano più congeniali, si esalta lo spiccato carattere visuale e spettaco-lare della sua poesia. In particolare nella Gigantomachia latina (carm. min. 53) Claudiano si mostra attento a cogliere dell’episodio gli aspetti plastici e pittorici, nonché i tratti paradossali e mirabili, con una tecnica che può definirsi ecfrastica. Queste modalità accostano Claudiano a Ovidio, alla sua poetica della visività e della spettacolarizzazione, in linea con alcune delle tendenze che contraddistinguono la ricezione di Ovidio nell’estetica tardoantica.
Paradosso, metamorfosi, spettacolo. Suggestioni ovidiane nella Gigantomachia latina di Claudiano / Paradox, metamorphosis, spectacle. Ovidian suggestions in Claudian’s Latin Gigantomachy / Bruzzone, Antonella. - In: CLASSICA ET CHRISTIANA. - ISSN 1842-3043. - 19:2(2024), pp. 401-429. [10.47743/CetC-2024-19.2.401]
Paradosso, metamorfosi, spettacolo. Suggestioni ovidiane nella Gigantomachia latina di Claudiano / Paradox, metamorphosis, spectacle. Ovidian suggestions in Claudian’s Latin Gigantomachy
Antonella Bruzzone
2024-01-01
Abstract
Paradox, metamorphosis, spectacle. Ovidian suggestions in Claudian’s Latin Gigantomachy. In the portrayal of the Giganto-machia, one of Claudian’s most congenial mythological themes, the visual and spec-tacular character of his poetry is brought out. Particularly in the Latin Giganto-machia (carm. min. 53), Claudian is careful to capture the plastic and pictorial as-pects of the episode, as well as its paradoxical and admirable features, with a tech-nique that can be defined as ecphrastic. These modalities bring Claudian close to Ovid, to his poetics of visuality and spectacularisation, in line with some of the ten-dencies that characterise the reception of Ovid in late antique aesthetics.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.