<i>Filiroe e i suoi poeti: da Tito Strozzi a Ludovico Ariosto</i>

Abstract

The paper shows how the love between Tito Vespasiano Strozzi and Constanza dal Canale – Filliroe – has served as an example to poets and humanists of the time, such as Ercole Strozzi, Tito’s son, the author known as Anonimo Costabili, Matteo Maria Boiardo, Ludovico Lazzarelli, Girolamo Balbi, Marcantonio Aldegati and, last but not least, Ludovico Ariosto. Through the recovery of the figure of Filliroe, through the use of same expressions or sources, the article seeks to show how a brief (but beautifully exposed) love affair can generate an appreciable literary fortune in the context of Humanism and Renaissance.