“Cantate meco, Progne e Filomena”. Riscritture cinquecentesche di un mito ovidiano

Abstract

This article examines some sixteenth-century rewritings of the myth of Procne and Philomela, mainly based on the poetic version by Ovid (Metamorphoses): the tragedies by Parabosco, Correr and Domenichi; the translations into Italian by Dolce, Symeoni and Anguillara; and a sonnet by Gaspara Stampa. This analysis aims to throw light on the relationship between each of these texts and their Ovidian roots (with some references to other intertextual strategies present in these works), as well as on the connection between these various texts and the position of these rewritings within sixteenth-century culture, with a special focus on the problem of the representation of the passions.

Keywords

• Renaissance
• rewriting
• mythology