<I>Luciano, Esiodo e i temi fondanti della cultura letteraria greca, tra parodia e ambivalenza</I>

Abstract

In Lucian's corpus the references to Hesiod are frequent and often codified by a long rhetorical and literary tradition. Some passages and aspects are particularly meaningful, because they reveal the complex parodic game set up by Lucian, and the strong cultural value of the underlying themes. In many cases, the parody hits a well-known theme or passage which almost always can be recovered in the text itself. So the audience has the opportunity to underline and enlighten one or more aspects of a textual weave which is frequently double-sided.