21. 11.
2024
La storia del diavolo e del demagogo. Un topos millenario
12:00 – 13:30
A text unknown before the 2021 edition is presented: the Latin poem De partibus by Cristiano da Camerino written perhaps in Perugia at the end of the 14th century. It is an important chapter in Lucan's fortunes but also a text of exceptional political inventiveness that associates the Aristotelian notion of a demagogue with the events of the Guelphs and Ghibellines and the topos of the infernal council. Examples of devilish councils in Western literature will be traced. The lecture will be given in Italian with an English presentation.