Distopia, utopia, paradox: reading (and readings) of Verg. georg. III 339-383
The digression of Verg. georg. III 339-383 depicts the life of Libyan and Scythian shepherds, inserting positive or even utopian features in a mainly dystopian context: such ambiguity could be explained as aiming at those paradox and thaumasion that are distinctive of Virgilian didactic poetry, but...
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University of Bologna
2021-01-01
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| Online Access: | https://griseldaonline.unibo.it/article/view/11504 |