<i>Orfeo apollineo (tra lirica arcaica e critica letteraria d'età classica)</i>

Abstract

Bacchyl. 29 M. is considered in the light of the myth of Orpheus as represented in archaic Lyric tradition (from Eumelus to Pindar) and a general proposal of reconstruction and interpretation is put forward. The second part of the contribution focuses on the image of Orpheus in the Classical age, in part. in Athens: the mythic singer becomes a historical Greek kitharode (like those represented on the Panathenaic amphoras), whose characterization changes according to the perspectives and the critical trends of poets, philosphers and historians.