Rediscovering Myths in the Renaissance: The Calydonian Boar and the Reception of Procopius’ <i>Gothic War</i> in Benevento

Abstract

Benevento’s taking the Calydonian Boar as its emblem in the fifteenth century is crucial evidence for the Renaissance response to the text of Procopius, sole testimony to Diomedes’ gift of the boar's tusks to the city.