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- Title
Sulle Nere Ali dei Sogni. Costantino Manasse e L'ambiguitá Onirica.
- Authors
Pizzone, Aglae M. V.
- Abstract
Moving from four fragments of Aristander and Callithea (47, 103, 115, 152), this article explores the narrative and ideological meaning of dreams in Constantine Manasses' narrative. Fr. 47, in particular, encloses a quotation from Euripides ( Hecuba 72), which has been put in connection with the commentary on Aristotle's work De divinatione per somnia written by Michael of Ephesus. Nevertheless the arguments for a direct connection between the two texts are not cogent. On the contrary there is a wide range of patristic, theological and philosophical texts showing a strong and ongoing interest in Byzantine culture for the psychological aspects of the oneiric processes. This background is reflected both in Constantine's novel and in his Chronicle, where he reworks and adapts the contemporary debates for narrative purposes.
- Subjects
TURKEY; MANASSES, Constantine; NARRATIVES; HISTORIOGRAPHY; LITERARY journeys; AUTHORSHIP; BYZANTINE historical poetry; EXTINCT cities
- Publication
Byzantinische Zeitschrift, 2010, Vol 103, Issue 2, p679
- ISSN
0007-7704
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1515/BYZS.2010.020