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The article investigates the relationship between Boccaccio's Genealogie and the exegesis of Ovid's Metamorphoses. For each character included in his genealogy, Boccaccio reports first of all the contents of the myth related to it... more
The article investigates the relationship between Boccaccio's Genealogie and the exegesis of Ovid's Metamorphoses. For each character included in his genealogy, Boccaccio reports first of all the contents of the myth related to it and then the different literal and allegorical interpretations. The main sources are, besides Ovid, Paolo da Perugia and a mysterious Theodontius, who can be identified with a commentary on the Metamorphoses produced in the 11th or 12th century. The article aims to demonstrate that Boccaccio follows the method used by medieval exegetes of the Metamorphoses: rejecting the pagan contents of the myth, the commentators offered an allegorical and moralising interpretation, in fact rewriting the Metamorphoses as a 'medieval' work.
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L'article analyse la relation entre la fictio, l'histoire, l'allégorie et la vraisemblance dans les gloses du ms. Vat. Lat. 1479 qui commentent les Métamorphoses. L'exégète paraphrase les mythes, explique l'histoire... more
L'article analyse la relation entre la fictio, l'histoire, l'allégorie et la vraisemblance dans les gloses du ms. Vat. Lat. 1479 qui commentent les Métamorphoses. L'exégète paraphrase les mythes, explique l'histoire dans un sens évhémériste et, par le biais de l'allégorie, moralise les contenus que le christianisme ne peut accepter, par exemple la transformation d'un homme en animal. Sans le savoir, il justifie de cette façon la poésie et assure sa survie.