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“Cum forma tum spectata castitas incitat”: Virginio Malvezzi and the case of Roman Lucrezia
Published
December 15, 2023
Keywords
- Lucretia, Tarquinio, beauty, pudicitia, Malvezzi
How to Cite
Cappiello , R. (2023). “Cum forma tum spectata castitas incitat”: Virginio Malvezzi and the case of Roman Lucrezia. Una Κοινῇ - Magazine of Studies on the Classic and Its Reception in Modern and Contemporary Italian Literature, (4), 9-31. Retrieved from https://unakoine.it/index.php/unaK/article/view/120
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Abstract
The paper investigates the relationship between pudicitia and forma in the case of Lucrezia Romana. The duality is neglected in its subsequent reception; it’s resumed in the oratio ficta of the Virgilio Malvezzi’s Tarquinio Superbo. His analysis on the subject riveals the total split between external and inner beauty that had characterized the classic story of the myth. Lucrezia, therefore, becomes a new starting point for ethical-moral reflections on the modern context of the author.