The ant-lion, a hybrid animal which was born as a translation mistake in the Septuagint, appears in the Greek Physiologus, and later in the Latin versions Y and B. The Author examines the metamorphosis it undergoes in the tradition of Latin bestiaries. She takes into consideration as well the manuscript Casinensis 323 as a witness for the versio B of the Latin Physiologus.
"Ut leo sic formica vocor sermone Pelasgo". Some remarks about the ant-lion and its metamorphosis in the tradition of the Latin Physiologus / P.F. Moretti - In: Meminisse iuvat : studi in memoria di Violetta de Angelis / [a cura di] F. Bognini. - Pisa : ETS, 2012. - ISBN 978-884673393-1. - pp. 581-596
"Ut leo sic formica vocor sermone Pelasgo". Some remarks about the ant-lion and its metamorphosis in the tradition of the Latin Physiologus
P.F. MorettiPrimo
2012
Abstract
The ant-lion, a hybrid animal which was born as a translation mistake in the Septuagint, appears in the Greek Physiologus, and later in the Latin versions Y and B. The Author examines the metamorphosis it undergoes in the tradition of Latin bestiaries. She takes into consideration as well the manuscript Casinensis 323 as a witness for the versio B of the Latin Physiologus.
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