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Intervento tenuto nel corso dell'incontro online «L'idea di Roma e la cultura italiana del secolo... more Intervento tenuto nel corso dell'incontro online «L'idea di Roma e la cultura italiana del secolo XIX – Sessant'anni dopo. Un seminario su un libro di Piero Treves».
Il video dell'intero incontro è disponibile on line: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4o0-GcBbMw&t=10589s

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Books by Sergio Brillante

The issue includes a series of article exploring the place of literary criticism in Greek and Lat... more The issue includes a series of article exploring the place of literary criticism in Greek and Latin historiography

ilMulino, 2023

Il 26 novembre 1911, presso il teatro di Barga, Giovanni Pascoli incitò alla guerra di Libia desc... more Il 26 novembre 1911, presso il teatro di Barga, Giovanni Pascoli incitò alla guerra di Libia descrivendo la regione nordafricana come «abbondevole d'acque e di messi, e verdeggiante d'alberi e giardini», ma anche ricca di monumenti antichi, talmente numerosi da far dire al poeta: «Anche là è Roma!». Come in molti altri momenti dell'itinerario coloniale italiano, il Classico divenne allora mito di legittimazione da utilizzare per presentare guerre di conquista come missioni di civiltà, rivolte verso popoli ritenuti barbari e senza storia. Gli antichisti contribuirono in misura considerevole allo sviluppo di tali rappresentazioni, alleandosi con politici, militari e colti dilettanti in una storia di lungo periodo qui ripercorsa attraverso alcune date, luoghi e personaggi fondamentali; fra il 1887 e il 1977, fra Dogali e Roma, fra De Sanctis e Wilamowitz. Ma il cammino fu sempre così chiaro o ci fu anche chi cercò percorsi alternativi? Il Classico, del resto, è mito ambiguo, che da strumento di sostegno al potere può anche diventare sferzante mezzo di critica.

Pseudo-Skylax’s Periplous is the only work of classical antiquity that describes the whole coast ... more Pseudo-Skylax’s Periplous is the only work of classical antiquity that describes the whole coast of the Mediterranean. Composed in the 4th century BC by an unknown author of Athenian origin, it is more than a spiritless report of cities and peoples. When analysed jointly on philological, historical and historiographical ground, it also reveals further levels of reading. Thus we discover a text that is a mirror of the historical and cultural tensions that agitate the Athenian society of the time: the unceasing struggle for an empire, the new relations with Philip II’s Macedonia and the other actors of Greek history, the growing development
of geographical science and written culture, a biased perception of
foreign peoples or remote and almost fabulous places.
https://www.olms.de/search/Detail.aspx?pr=2009967

by Nunzio Bianchi, Claudio Schiano, Bianca Maria Altomare, Max Bergamo, Luciano Bossina, Tommaso Braccini, Sergio Brillante, Cristiano Castelletti, Pasqua De Cicco, Francesca De Robertis, Ciro Giacomelli, Margherita Losacco, Vanna Maraglino, Ottavia Mazzon, Stefano Micunco, Rosa Otranto, Pasquale Massimo Pinto, Raffaele Tondini, and Anna Trento

Nel secolo in cui l’impero bizantino è di fatto la più grande potenza mediterranea, la figura del... more Nel secolo in cui l’impero bizantino è di fatto la più grande potenza mediterranea, la figura del patriarca Fozio (ca. 820-891) domina la scena della «seconda Roma», capitale dell’impero. Grande battistrada dell’umanesimo, grande teologo, due volte patriarca ecumenico, pugnace avversario delle aspirazioni romane al primato, è considerato dal mondo cattolico pur sempre come un avversario, mentre dal mondo ortodosso solo tardi fu assunto come santo. Il suo nome è legato, per gli studiosi della letteratura greca antica e protobizantina, all’imponente repertorio, definito sommariamente Biblioteca, che in 280 capitoli riassume, analizza, sottopone a critica e in larga parte trascrive varie centinaia di autori: profani e cristiani, molto spesso per noi altrimenti perduti.
La Biblioteca non era certo destinata alla circolazione libraria: nacque come strumento di difesa della cerchia raccoltasi intorno al patriarca e variamente bersagliata dall’ala oltranzista della Chiesa d’Oriente. L’opera alla quale egli probabilmente intendeva legare il suo nome era semmai l’intensa pubblicistica teologica e dottrinaria che occupa quasi per intero un paio di tomi della Patrologia greca.
In questo volume viene finalmente offerta ai lettori la prima traduzione italiana integrale della Biblioteca. Al tempo stesso un commento sistematico ed essenziale accompagna il lettore nella selva fittissima della erudizione racchiusa in questo autentico «tesoro», come i grandi umanisti amarono definire la Biblioteca foziana. A fronte figura il testo greco, migliorato rispetto all’unica moderna edizione circolante, quella della “Collection Budé”. Al termine, l’indice analitico di Immanuel Bekker fornisce al lettore una preziosa chiave per la consultazione.

Edited by by Sergio Brillante

Sono qui raccolti gli atti di una giornata di studi svoltasi presso l'Università degli Studi di B... more Sono qui raccolti gli atti di una giornata di studi svoltasi presso l'Università degli Studi di Bari il 21 giugno 2017 (https://ojs.cimedoc.uniba.it/index.php/fc/issue/view/107)
INDICE
Brillante S. - Premessa
Prontera F. - Geografia e studi classici in Italia fra letteratura e storia
Cohen-Skalli A. - Critique et réhabilitation de Strabon à la fin du XIXe siècle. La réplique de Marcel Dubois à Ettore Pais
Palladino C. - Spazi antichi e futuri possibili. La geografia classica nelle Digital Humanities
Montecalvo M.S. - Il barone de Sainte-Croix e gli studi di geografia
Brillante S. - Una monografia inedita di Friedrich Gisinger: Die periegetische Form in der Antike
Marcotte D. - François Lasserre face à Strabon: le texte et les muses
Canfora L. - Al termine

Articles by Sergio Brillante

Geographia Antiqua, 2023

In the third book of his Geography, Strabo talks about Asclepiades of Myrlea and his activity as ... more In the third book of his Geography, Strabo talks about Asclepiades of Myrlea and his activity as a teacher among the Turdetani. However, the description is somewhat unclear, as the terms used by the geographer, παιδεύειν τὰ γραμματικά, are unique and challenging to interpret precisely. Based on Asclepiades’ other works, it is suggested that his teachings involved literary criticism, historical analysis, and textual interpretation of Greek epic poems.

in in N. Bianchi (ed.), Nicola Festa. Documenti, lettere, libri, 2024

in N. Bianchi (ed.), Nicola Festa. Documenti, lettere, libri, 2024

RPh, 2022

In this paper, the author argues that the description of Juba at lines 275-283 of Avienius’ Ora m... more In this paper, the author argues that the description of Juba at lines 275-283 of Avienius’ Ora maritima may refer to contemporary events. In the 4th century CE, the ethnic label Mauri/ Maurusii, applied to Juba by Avienius, was in fact used with reference to North-African populations that rose up suddenly and fiercely against the Romans, namely the Austuriani in the 60s and the followers of Firmus the Maurus in the 70s. These events shed fresh light on the lines of the Ora maritima and they provide new evidence on the date of the poem.

Rationes Rerum, 2023

This article sheds new light on the praenomen of the historian Cassius Dio. Photios in the Biblio... more This article sheds new light on the praenomen of the historian Cassius Dio. Photios in the Bibliotheca (ch. 71) calls him Lucius, but the inaccuracy of modern editions of this work has obscured this information. Nevertheless, this praenomen is confirmed by a Roman military diploma discovered in 1985 (AE 1985, 821), in which the letter L is prefixed to the name of the consul Cassius Dio.

Latomus, 2023

Cet article offre une analyse d’un témoignage tardif concernant Thucydide contenu dans une scholi... more Cet article offre une analyse d’un témoignage tardif concernant Thucydide contenu dans une scholie de Lactantius Placidus (in Stat. Theb. IV, 275) et ignoré par la critique jusqu’à présent. La scholie sera discutée dans son intégralité et ses références à des œuvres et des anecdotes anciens seront attentivement examinées. De cette façon, la présente contribution mettra en lumière l’importance de l’œuvre de Lactantius Placidus à propos de sujets divers (oratoire fragmentaire cicéronienne, idées anciennes sur la langue) et s’interrogera sur les possibles usages des Histoires de Thucydide dans les commentaires latins. Dans un appendice final, l’auteur souligne la valeur du Mythographe Vatican III dans l’établissement du texte de Lactantius Placidus.

Filologia Italiana, 2022

Volucres is a Latin elegy composed in old age by Alessandro Manzoni and published in the newspape... more Volucres is a Latin elegy composed in old age by Alessandro Manzoni and published in the newspaper «La Perseveranza» in 1868. Apart from the editio princeps, the text was hitherto known from two drafts. This article publishes a new witness of the poem, handwritten by Manzoni. The document has been found in Naples in the archive of Ruggiero Bonghi, director of the newspaper where the poem appeared for the first time. After a brief description of this archive and of its importance for Manzonian scholarship, the differences between the new manuscript and other versions of the text are analysed.

Antiquité Tardive, 2022

In this paper, the author shows the interconnections between the works of the Latin poet Avienius... more In this paper, the author shows the interconnections between the works of the Latin poet Avienius (notably his Ora maritima) and those of the Greek geographer, Marcianus of Heraclaea. Even though they are considered to be part of two different literary histories, they share such similarities, that they could be jointly seen as representing a peculiar moment in the development of Greek geographical writing. The first paragraph deals with their biographies and shows that both authors belong to a cultivated élite and probably worked in two periods of time not far from one another. Based on close parallels between their writings, the second paragraph stresses the similarities of their ways of working. Both authors consider the reading of various ancient texts more important for their geographical knowledge than a close observation of the world that they want to describe. In the last paragraph, the peculiarity of this position, never chosen before by other geographers, is further discussed.

Museum Helveticum, 2022

In this article, the autor proposes to read εἰς τιμὴν τῷ πατρίῳ Διί instead of εἰς τιμὴν τῇ πατρί... more In this article, the autor proposes to read εἰς τιμὴν τῷ πατρίῳ Διί instead of εἰς τιμὴν τῇ πατρίδι at Georgius Syncellus 231,13 Mosshammer. Furthermore, he aims to demonstrate that the term ὀλυμπιάδας at Georg. Sync. 231,15 Mosshammer is a gloss erroneously added to the original text.

Rivista Storica Italiana, 2022

Adolfo Omodeo is widely known as a historian of Christianity, of the Italian Risorgimento and the... more Adolfo Omodeo is widely known as a historian of Christianity, of the Italian Risorgimento and the French XIXth century. In addition, he also planned to write a history of classical Greece. This paper deals with Omodeo’s peculiar perception of Greek history; it aims to show what he could have written about this topic had he not prematurely deceased in 1946. On the basis of the references to ancient Greece included in Omodeo’s political writings of 1945-1946, the paper highlights the association drawn by the historian between classical Greece in the aftermath of the Peloponnesian War and post-war Italy.

La Cultura, 2022

Plato is often mentioned in Manzoni’s writings, yet the link between the Greek philosopher and th... more Plato is often mentioned in Manzoni’s writings, yet the link between the Greek philosopher and the Italian novelist has not been so far adequately discussed. The present article aims to shed light on this topic, with specific regard to Manzoni’s evaluation of Plato’s style. Most notably, the paper will analyse some «idiotismi» from the Theaetetus, thereby highlighting the attraction of the Italian novelist for the popular expressions used by the philosopher.

La Cultura, 2021

The Archivio di Stato di Napoli preserves the private archive of Ruggiero Bonghi, eminent Italian... more The Archivio di Stato di Napoli preserves the private archive of Ruggiero Bonghi, eminent Italian scholar and politician. Among various materials, there is a folder entirely dedicated to Alessandro Manzoni, containing several documents so far ignored by scholars despite their importance. Bonghi was in fact asked to take care of the Italian writer’s Nachlass and, thus, was able to know and copy even texts which eventually ended up lost. Among these, there is a text previously unpublished, containing expressions from Petronius’ Satyricon, juxtaposed with the corresponding expressions taken from the Neapolitan dialect. In the present article we will provide an edition of these notes and discuss their form, their content and their relation to Manzoni’s thought and writings.

Hermes, 2021

The aim of this paper is to show the influence of chronographical works on ancient literary criti... more The aim of this paper is to show the influence of chronographical works on ancient literary criticism and philology in Rome between the end of the first century BC and the beginnings of the first century AD. In the first part, the development of chronographic tradition in Rome at the end of the Republic is briefly sketched (par. 1). The second part of the paper deals with the relevance of this kind of works for the literary analyses exposed in Cicero’s Brutus (par. 2), in Velleius Paterculus’ history (par. 3) and in Dionysius of Halicarnassus’ treatise On Dinarchus (par. 4).

Intervento tenuto nel corso dell'incontro online «L'idea di Roma e la cultura italiana del secolo... more Intervento tenuto nel corso dell'incontro online «L'idea di Roma e la cultura italiana del secolo XIX – Sessant'anni dopo. Un seminario su un libro di Piero Treves».
Il video dell'intero incontro è disponibile on line: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4o0-GcBbMw&t=10589s

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The issue includes a series of article exploring the place of literary criticism in Greek and Lat... more The issue includes a series of article exploring the place of literary criticism in Greek and Latin historiography

ilMulino, 2023

Il 26 novembre 1911, presso il teatro di Barga, Giovanni Pascoli incitò alla guerra di Libia desc... more Il 26 novembre 1911, presso il teatro di Barga, Giovanni Pascoli incitò alla guerra di Libia descrivendo la regione nordafricana come «abbondevole d'acque e di messi, e verdeggiante d'alberi e giardini», ma anche ricca di monumenti antichi, talmente numerosi da far dire al poeta: «Anche là è Roma!». Come in molti altri momenti dell'itinerario coloniale italiano, il Classico divenne allora mito di legittimazione da utilizzare per presentare guerre di conquista come missioni di civiltà, rivolte verso popoli ritenuti barbari e senza storia. Gli antichisti contribuirono in misura considerevole allo sviluppo di tali rappresentazioni, alleandosi con politici, militari e colti dilettanti in una storia di lungo periodo qui ripercorsa attraverso alcune date, luoghi e personaggi fondamentali; fra il 1887 e il 1977, fra Dogali e Roma, fra De Sanctis e Wilamowitz. Ma il cammino fu sempre così chiaro o ci fu anche chi cercò percorsi alternativi? Il Classico, del resto, è mito ambiguo, che da strumento di sostegno al potere può anche diventare sferzante mezzo di critica.

Pseudo-Skylax’s Periplous is the only work of classical antiquity that describes the whole coast ... more Pseudo-Skylax’s Periplous is the only work of classical antiquity that describes the whole coast of the Mediterranean. Composed in the 4th century BC by an unknown author of Athenian origin, it is more than a spiritless report of cities and peoples. When analysed jointly on philological, historical and historiographical ground, it also reveals further levels of reading. Thus we discover a text that is a mirror of the historical and cultural tensions that agitate the Athenian society of the time: the unceasing struggle for an empire, the new relations with Philip II’s Macedonia and the other actors of Greek history, the growing development
of geographical science and written culture, a biased perception of
foreign peoples or remote and almost fabulous places.
https://www.olms.de/search/Detail.aspx?pr=2009967

by Nunzio Bianchi, Claudio Schiano, Bianca Maria Altomare, Max Bergamo, Luciano Bossina, Tommaso Braccini, Sergio Brillante, Cristiano Castelletti, Pasqua De Cicco, Francesca De Robertis, Ciro Giacomelli, Margherita Losacco, Vanna Maraglino, Ottavia Mazzon, Stefano Micunco, Rosa Otranto, Pasquale Massimo Pinto, Raffaele Tondini, and Anna Trento

Nel secolo in cui l’impero bizantino è di fatto la più grande potenza mediterranea, la figura del... more Nel secolo in cui l’impero bizantino è di fatto la più grande potenza mediterranea, la figura del patriarca Fozio (ca. 820-891) domina la scena della «seconda Roma», capitale dell’impero. Grande battistrada dell’umanesimo, grande teologo, due volte patriarca ecumenico, pugnace avversario delle aspirazioni romane al primato, è considerato dal mondo cattolico pur sempre come un avversario, mentre dal mondo ortodosso solo tardi fu assunto come santo. Il suo nome è legato, per gli studiosi della letteratura greca antica e protobizantina, all’imponente repertorio, definito sommariamente Biblioteca, che in 280 capitoli riassume, analizza, sottopone a critica e in larga parte trascrive varie centinaia di autori: profani e cristiani, molto spesso per noi altrimenti perduti.
La Biblioteca non era certo destinata alla circolazione libraria: nacque come strumento di difesa della cerchia raccoltasi intorno al patriarca e variamente bersagliata dall’ala oltranzista della Chiesa d’Oriente. L’opera alla quale egli probabilmente intendeva legare il suo nome era semmai l’intensa pubblicistica teologica e dottrinaria che occupa quasi per intero un paio di tomi della Patrologia greca.
In questo volume viene finalmente offerta ai lettori la prima traduzione italiana integrale della Biblioteca. Al tempo stesso un commento sistematico ed essenziale accompagna il lettore nella selva fittissima della erudizione racchiusa in questo autentico «tesoro», come i grandi umanisti amarono definire la Biblioteca foziana. A fronte figura il testo greco, migliorato rispetto all’unica moderna edizione circolante, quella della “Collection Budé”. Al termine, l’indice analitico di Immanuel Bekker fornisce al lettore una preziosa chiave per la consultazione.

Sono qui raccolti gli atti di una giornata di studi svoltasi presso l'Università degli Studi di B... more Sono qui raccolti gli atti di una giornata di studi svoltasi presso l'Università degli Studi di Bari il 21 giugno 2017 (https://ojs.cimedoc.uniba.it/index.php/fc/issue/view/107)
INDICE
Brillante S. - Premessa
Prontera F. - Geografia e studi classici in Italia fra letteratura e storia
Cohen-Skalli A. - Critique et réhabilitation de Strabon à la fin du XIXe siècle. La réplique de Marcel Dubois à Ettore Pais
Palladino C. - Spazi antichi e futuri possibili. La geografia classica nelle Digital Humanities
Montecalvo M.S. - Il barone de Sainte-Croix e gli studi di geografia
Brillante S. - Una monografia inedita di Friedrich Gisinger: Die periegetische Form in der Antike
Marcotte D. - François Lasserre face à Strabon: le texte et les muses
Canfora L. - Al termine

Geographia Antiqua, 2023

In the third book of his Geography, Strabo talks about Asclepiades of Myrlea and his activity as ... more In the third book of his Geography, Strabo talks about Asclepiades of Myrlea and his activity as a teacher among the Turdetani. However, the description is somewhat unclear, as the terms used by the geographer, παιδεύειν τὰ γραμματικά, are unique and challenging to interpret precisely. Based on Asclepiades’ other works, it is suggested that his teachings involved literary criticism, historical analysis, and textual interpretation of Greek epic poems.

in in N. Bianchi (ed.), Nicola Festa. Documenti, lettere, libri, 2024

in N. Bianchi (ed.), Nicola Festa. Documenti, lettere, libri, 2024

RPh, 2022

In this paper, the author argues that the description of Juba at lines 275-283 of Avienius’ Ora m... more In this paper, the author argues that the description of Juba at lines 275-283 of Avienius’ Ora maritima may refer to contemporary events. In the 4th century CE, the ethnic label Mauri/ Maurusii, applied to Juba by Avienius, was in fact used with reference to North-African populations that rose up suddenly and fiercely against the Romans, namely the Austuriani in the 60s and the followers of Firmus the Maurus in the 70s. These events shed fresh light on the lines of the Ora maritima and they provide new evidence on the date of the poem.

Rationes Rerum, 2023

This article sheds new light on the praenomen of the historian Cassius Dio. Photios in the Biblio... more This article sheds new light on the praenomen of the historian Cassius Dio. Photios in the Bibliotheca (ch. 71) calls him Lucius, but the inaccuracy of modern editions of this work has obscured this information. Nevertheless, this praenomen is confirmed by a Roman military diploma discovered in 1985 (AE 1985, 821), in which the letter L is prefixed to the name of the consul Cassius Dio.

Latomus, 2023

Cet article offre une analyse d’un témoignage tardif concernant Thucydide contenu dans une scholi... more Cet article offre une analyse d’un témoignage tardif concernant Thucydide contenu dans une scholie de Lactantius Placidus (in Stat. Theb. IV, 275) et ignoré par la critique jusqu’à présent. La scholie sera discutée dans son intégralité et ses références à des œuvres et des anecdotes anciens seront attentivement examinées. De cette façon, la présente contribution mettra en lumière l’importance de l’œuvre de Lactantius Placidus à propos de sujets divers (oratoire fragmentaire cicéronienne, idées anciennes sur la langue) et s’interrogera sur les possibles usages des Histoires de Thucydide dans les commentaires latins. Dans un appendice final, l’auteur souligne la valeur du Mythographe Vatican III dans l’établissement du texte de Lactantius Placidus.

Filologia Italiana, 2022

Volucres is a Latin elegy composed in old age by Alessandro Manzoni and published in the newspape... more Volucres is a Latin elegy composed in old age by Alessandro Manzoni and published in the newspaper «La Perseveranza» in 1868. Apart from the editio princeps, the text was hitherto known from two drafts. This article publishes a new witness of the poem, handwritten by Manzoni. The document has been found in Naples in the archive of Ruggiero Bonghi, director of the newspaper where the poem appeared for the first time. After a brief description of this archive and of its importance for Manzonian scholarship, the differences between the new manuscript and other versions of the text are analysed.

Antiquité Tardive, 2022

In this paper, the author shows the interconnections between the works of the Latin poet Avienius... more In this paper, the author shows the interconnections between the works of the Latin poet Avienius (notably his Ora maritima) and those of the Greek geographer, Marcianus of Heraclaea. Even though they are considered to be part of two different literary histories, they share such similarities, that they could be jointly seen as representing a peculiar moment in the development of Greek geographical writing. The first paragraph deals with their biographies and shows that both authors belong to a cultivated élite and probably worked in two periods of time not far from one another. Based on close parallels between their writings, the second paragraph stresses the similarities of their ways of working. Both authors consider the reading of various ancient texts more important for their geographical knowledge than a close observation of the world that they want to describe. In the last paragraph, the peculiarity of this position, never chosen before by other geographers, is further discussed.

Museum Helveticum, 2022

In this article, the autor proposes to read εἰς τιμὴν τῷ πατρίῳ Διί instead of εἰς τιμὴν τῇ πατρί... more In this article, the autor proposes to read εἰς τιμὴν τῷ πατρίῳ Διί instead of εἰς τιμὴν τῇ πατρίδι at Georgius Syncellus 231,13 Mosshammer. Furthermore, he aims to demonstrate that the term ὀλυμπιάδας at Georg. Sync. 231,15 Mosshammer is a gloss erroneously added to the original text.

Rivista Storica Italiana, 2022

Adolfo Omodeo is widely known as a historian of Christianity, of the Italian Risorgimento and the... more Adolfo Omodeo is widely known as a historian of Christianity, of the Italian Risorgimento and the French XIXth century. In addition, he also planned to write a history of classical Greece. This paper deals with Omodeo’s peculiar perception of Greek history; it aims to show what he could have written about this topic had he not prematurely deceased in 1946. On the basis of the references to ancient Greece included in Omodeo’s political writings of 1945-1946, the paper highlights the association drawn by the historian between classical Greece in the aftermath of the Peloponnesian War and post-war Italy.

La Cultura, 2022

Plato is often mentioned in Manzoni’s writings, yet the link between the Greek philosopher and th... more Plato is often mentioned in Manzoni’s writings, yet the link between the Greek philosopher and the Italian novelist has not been so far adequately discussed. The present article aims to shed light on this topic, with specific regard to Manzoni’s evaluation of Plato’s style. Most notably, the paper will analyse some «idiotismi» from the Theaetetus, thereby highlighting the attraction of the Italian novelist for the popular expressions used by the philosopher.

La Cultura, 2021

The Archivio di Stato di Napoli preserves the private archive of Ruggiero Bonghi, eminent Italian... more The Archivio di Stato di Napoli preserves the private archive of Ruggiero Bonghi, eminent Italian scholar and politician. Among various materials, there is a folder entirely dedicated to Alessandro Manzoni, containing several documents so far ignored by scholars despite their importance. Bonghi was in fact asked to take care of the Italian writer’s Nachlass and, thus, was able to know and copy even texts which eventually ended up lost. Among these, there is a text previously unpublished, containing expressions from Petronius’ Satyricon, juxtaposed with the corresponding expressions taken from the Neapolitan dialect. In the present article we will provide an edition of these notes and discuss their form, their content and their relation to Manzoni’s thought and writings.

Hermes, 2021

The aim of this paper is to show the influence of chronographical works on ancient literary criti... more The aim of this paper is to show the influence of chronographical works on ancient literary criticism and philology in Rome between the end of the first century BC and the beginnings of the first century AD. In the first part, the development of chronographic tradition in Rome at the end of the Republic is briefly sketched (par. 1). The second part of the paper deals with the relevance of this kind of works for the literary analyses exposed in Cicero’s Brutus (par. 2), in Velleius Paterculus’ history (par. 3) and in Dionysius of Halicarnassus’ treatise On Dinarchus (par. 4).

Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik, 2021

Analysis and Interpretation of the inscriptions included in Arrian of Nicomedia's works. §1 (Anab... more Analysis and Interpretation of the inscriptions included in Arrian of Nicomedia's works. §1 (Anab. I, 16, 7): inscription on the Persian shields sent by Alexander to Athens after the Battle of the Granicus; §2 (Anab. II, 5, 3-4): Assyrian inscription on Sardanapalus' funeral monument; §3 (Anab. II, 24, 6): inscription on the Phoenician ship in Tyrus conquered by Alexander; §4 (Anab. VI, 29, 8): inscription on Cyrus' burial chamber; §5 (Eux. 1, 1-2): inscriptions in honour of Hadrian in Trapezous; §6 (Eux. 21, 1-3): votive inscriptions for Achilles in the temple of Leuké (Black Sea); §7 (Parth. fr. 36): metrical inscription composed by Hadrian; §8 (Parth, fr. 67) inscription on emperor Trajan's ship. Follow some remarks on the use of inscriptions in ancient historiography.

History of Classical Scholarship, 2021

The Scriptores Graeci et Latini is a collection of critical editions of Greek and Roman texts est... more The Scriptores Graeci et Latini is a collection of critical editions of Greek and Roman texts established in the 1930s under the supervision of the Reale Accademia dei Lincei. Among the members of the scientific committee, a prominent role was initially played by Giorgio Pasquali. Not only did he plan to publish his edition of Plato's Epistles, but he also criticized the work of his colleagues, in particular that on the poems of Vergil by Remigio Sabbadini. With the homogeneity of the collection on his mind, Pasquali even wrote the Conventions to be respected by future participants in the project (Norme per i collaboratori). This text is almost unknown, since very few copies are still extant today, but it is worthy of consideration nonetheless. It represents the most accurate work by Pasquali concerning the editorial technique of ancient texts, on the same level as the better known entry Edizione that he wrote for the Enciclopedia Italiana. Relying on previously unpublished archival documents, this paper reconstructs all of these aspects of Pasquali’s activity, and the Norme per i collaboratori are newly edited.
https://www.hcsjournal.org/ojs/index.php/hcs/article/view/61

Quaderni di Storia, 2020

Relying on a group of four letters previously unpublished, this article sheds light on the relati... more Relying on a group of four letters previously unpublished, this article sheds light on the relationship between Concetto Marchesi (1878-1957) and Ettore Ciccotti (1863-1939).

Rheinisches Museum, 2020

In a well-known passage of his Historiae (7,144,632-641), John Tzetzes makes a long list of autho... more In a well-known passage of his Historiae (7,144,632-641), John Tzetzes makes a long list of authors of paradoxographical works, including the name of a certain Ptolemy. Until today, scholars could not suggest a persuasive identification of this writer, mostly because the scholia that the same Tzetzes composed for his own work have been ignored for a long time. One of these scholia, though, makes clear that the Ptolemy mentioned in the text is in fact. In this paper, I will argue that this author could be identified with the king Ptolemy XII, in accord with the well-known relationship between the Ptolemaic court and the literary genre of paradoxography.

Historia, 2020

The aim of this paper is to analyze a fragment by Porphyry concerning Seleucid history and transm... more The aim of this paper is to analyze a fragment by Porphyry concerning Seleucid history and transmitted by Eusebius of Caesarea's Chronicon. A short introduction on this work (par. 1) will be followed by a defense of the authorship of the fragment as Porphyrian, and by a cautious suggestion to assign it to the Contra Christianos (par. 2). In the last section, the fragment will be examined at length and its ideological background will be highlighted. In particular, the account of Seleucid kings' deaths shows that Porphyry turned to sources favorable to that dynasty. A critical voice seems to raise only when the author recounts of Demetrius I and of his descendants.

Orbis Terrarum, 2019

In this paper, I analyse three collections of Greek and Latin sources concerning Africa published... more In this paper, I analyse three collections of Greek and Latin sources concerning Africa published, or just planned, between 1924 and 1939 by Silvio Ferri, Amilcare Fantoli and Francesco Beguinot. At first, I will briefly review the career and the scientific production of these three scholars. Then, I will show the strong link of their works with Italian colonial expansion towards Libya.

Quaderni di Storia, 90, 2019

In this paper, I reconstruct Giorgio Pasquali’s attitude towards Italian colonialism. At first, I... more In this paper, I reconstruct Giorgio Pasquali’s attitude towards Italian colonialism. At first, I will examine his articles in support of the occupation of the Libyan region (1915) and his contribution to the construction of the Arch of the Philaeni (1937). Then, I will analyse at length his article in favour of Italy's war on Ethiopia, published on the «Corriere della Sera» (25 october 1935). Furthermore, I will report the existence of a second edition of this article, so far ignored by scholars, which appeared in March 1936 on «Il Mediterraneo. Rivista mensile illustrata». Finally, I will investigate the historical context in which the article was published.

Fozio, Biblioteca, Pisa 2016, p. 737-765

Fozio, Biblioteca, Pisa 2016, p. 509-511

Histos, 2020

https://research.ncl.ac.uk/histos/documents/2020RR12BrillanteonSchunk.pdf

Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2019.05.33

http://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2019/2019-05-33.html

Quaderni di Storia, 89, 2019

Recensione a Pugliese Carratelli, Umanesimo napoletano. Contiene un indice dei nomi al libro.

Giovani ricercatori e studenti a dialogo in una tavola rotonda 28 marzo 2018 | 16:15 | Aula I -Pa... more Giovani ricercatori e studenti a dialogo in una tavola rotonda 28 marzo 2018 | 16:15 | Aula I -Palazzo Ateneo Coordinano Roberta BERARDI (Oxford University), Luisa FIZZAROTTI (Alma Mater Studiorum -Università di Bologna)

Tavola rotonda. Lunedì 4 dicembre 2017, ore 15. Università di Pisa. Sala delle Colonne, Palazzo V... more Tavola rotonda.
Lunedì 4 dicembre 2017, ore 15. Università di Pisa. Sala delle Colonne, Palazzo Venera, Via Santa Maria 36, Pisa.

Journée d'étude de l'équipe « Médecine grecque et littérature technique » UMR 8167 Orient & Médit... more Journée d'étude de l'équipe « Médecine grecque et littérature technique » UMR 8167 Orient & Méditerranée « Scholies et lexiques techniques » (27 mars 2023)

Intervento tenuto nel corso dell'incontro online «L'idea di Roma e la cultura italiana del secolo... more Intervento tenuto nel corso dell'incontro online «L'idea di Roma e la cultura italiana del secolo XIX – Sessant'anni dopo. Un seminario su un libro di Piero Treves».
Il video dell'intero incontro è disponibile on line: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4o0-GcBbMw&t=10589s

Nel corso della lezione saranno ripercorsi aspetti della vita e dell'attività di Ettore Ciccotti ... more Nel corso della lezione saranno ripercorsi aspetti della vita e dell'attività di Ettore Ciccotti (1863-1939), storico dell'antichità e uomo politico di origine lucana… anche alla luce di nuovi documenti.
La lezione, ospitata dall'Università della Basilicata, è pubblica! Per partecipare seguire il link: https://meet.google.com/ivk-cdcs-koj

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Tavola rotonda "Pasquali 2017"

In questo contributo analizzo una inedita monografia di Friedrich Gisinger dal titolo 'Die perieg... more In questo contributo analizzo una inedita monografia di Friedrich Gisinger dal titolo 'Die periegetische Form in der Antike'. Oltre una breve analisi del contenuto, inquadro lo scritto all'interno della restante produzione scientifica dello studioso, mettendone in luce l'originalità. In seguito, indago le ragioni che hanno potuto indurre l'autore a produrre questo testo, ma anche quelle che ne hanno poi causato la mancata pubblicazione.

The Global Philology Project, funded by the BMBF, and the Special Interest Groups on Graeco-Roman... more The Global Philology Project, funded by the BMBF, and the Special Interest Groups on Graeco-Roman antiquity on Pelagios Commons, are offering a workshop to make the point about existing infrastructures and needs in the field of Named Entities Data.

Dans cette contribution j'ai fait une liste des paysages urbains décrits par Strabon dans les liv... more Dans cette contribution j'ai fait une liste des paysages urbains décrits par Strabon dans les livres V-VI de son oeuvre géographique et j'ai essayé de comprendre l'attitude de ce géographe face aux cités: quelles sont leurs qualités? quels les défauts? qu'est-ce qu'il rend une ville digne de mention?

Cette communication propose un parcours entre trois auteurs appartenant à la seconde sophistique ... more Cette communication propose un parcours entre trois auteurs appartenant à la seconde sophistique (Philostrate, Aelius Aristide et Lucien) dans le but d'une investigation sur la diffusion de la géographie descriptive entre IIe et début du IIIe siècle de notre ère

Dans le cadre du Sèminaire doctoral 'Littérature technique et tradition des textes scientifiques ... more Dans le cadre du Sèminaire doctoral 'Littérature technique et tradition des textes scientifiques de l'antiquité gréco-romaine', qui a eu lieu à la Casa Velazquez de Madrid, j'ai proposé une relation sur les chapitres 1-2 (dédiés à l'Ibérie) du Périple de Pseudo-Scylax. Je me suis surtout concentré sur le role des Colonnes d'Héraclès et sur certains essais d'émendation du texte.

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