Tuesday, September 8, 2026

Il mito degli Atridi dal teatro antico all’epoca contemporanea

a cura di Laura Carrara, Rolando Ferri, Enrico Medda 
Il mito degli Atridi dal teatro antico all’epoca contemporanea - cover image 

The volume collects the proceedings of the International Conference The Myth of the Atreidai from Ancient Theatre to Contemporary Times, held in Pisa on 26-27 May 2022, at the conclusion of a Research Project financed by the University of Pisa and coordinated by Prof. Enrico Medda. The papers presented here aim to investigate various aspects of a myth that had an immense fortune in antiquity and profoundly influenced art and literature throughout Western culture. The subject is approached from a number of different perspectives and methods (textual-critical study of ancient texts, historical-anthropological research on issues posed by the myth, dramaturgical analysis of plays, and study of their reception in modern authors). Without aspiring to deal comprehensively with such a broad topic, the authors have concentrated on peculiar aspects that have been less investigated up to now, and on modern authors for whom there is still much to say about their relationship with ancient myth. The contributions range, for the ancient part, from mythographers to Greek tragedy and comedy (with particular attention to fragments of lost works), up to Roman tragedy and comedy; for the modern part, the investigations concern authors from Italian, English and German literature: Alfieri, D’Annunzio, Pirandello, Saba, Pasolini, Testori, E. Pfeiffer, G. Hauptmann. 
PublisherEdizioni Ca’ Foscari – Venice University Press
Publication placeVenice, Italy
Published on2023-07-07
Series
  • Lexis Supplements vol. 12
  • ISSN Print: 2724-3362
  • ISSN Digital: 2724-3362
ISBN978-88-6969-709-8 (Paperback)
978-88-6969-709-8 (PDF)

 

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Illuminare i testi: La parola-segnale nelle tradizioni manoscritte di prosatori latini

Illuminare i testi: La parola-segnale nelle tradizioni manoscritte di prosatori latini
Giuseppina Magnaldi
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Collana | Lexis Supplementi
Volume 7

Il volume raccoglie i risultati più significativi di trent’anni di ricerche su antiche integrazioni e correzioni con parola-segnale meccanicamente inglobate nel testo tràdito di prosatori latini dall’età repubblicana alla tarda antichità (Cicerone, Varrone, Livio, Seneca Padre, Seneca, Petronio, Svetonio, Tacito, Gellio, Apuleio e Pseudo-Apuleio, Macrobio). La parola-segnale (ovvero la parola antecedente o seguente il termine omesso o erroneo, duplicata dai correttori più scrupolosi per indicare il luogo di lacuna o di errore) consente ancor oggi di decifrare ed eseguire l’antico intervento correttivo. Si possono così sanare gravi corruttele, come mostrano le decine di luoghi qui discussi. 

 Copyright © 2022 Giuseppina Magnaldi. This is an open-access work distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction is permitted, provided that the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. The license allows for commercial use. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

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10.30687/978-88-6969-605-3

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Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Venice University Press, Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari

dc.issued

2022-05-23

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2022-02-23

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2022-01-27

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http://edizionicafoscari.it/it/edizioni4/libri/978-88-6969-606-0/

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2210-8866

dc.identifier.eissn

2724-3362

dc.identifier.isbn

978-88-6969-606-0

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978-88-6969-605-3


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La falsificazione epigrafica:Questioni di metodo e casi di studio

La falsificazione epigrafica:Questioni di metodo e casi di studio 
a cura di Lorenzo Calvelli  
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Collana | Antichistica
Volume 25

Il libro indaga le complesse articolazioni della falsificazione epigrafica, un fenomeno ampiamente attestato in Italia fra il tardo Medioevo e il XVIII secolo. Le iscrizioni non genuine o falsae, come le chiamava Theodor Mommsen, sono quelle che si presentano come antiche, ma in realtà non lo sono. Possono essere prodotte tanto su supporto materiale, quanto semplicemente su carta. Al loro interno si distinguono diverse tipologie di documenti: falsi realizzati a scopo di dolo, repliche di iscrizioni antiche, nonché testi o monumenti che si ispirano a modelli epigrafici classici. Il volume raccoglie quindici saggi scientifici, che esaminano singoli casi di falsificazione, ricostruiscono l'epistemologia della critica dei falsi e riabilitano numerose epigrafi ritenute erroneamente false, confermandone invece l'effettiva antichità. 

 Copyright © 2019 Lorenzo Calvelli. This is an open-access work distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction is permitted, provided that the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. The license allows for commercial use. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

dc.identifier.doi

10.30687/978-88-6969-386-1

dc.publisher

Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing

dc.issued

2019-12-16

dc.identifier.uri

http://edizionicafoscari.it/it/edizioni4/libri/978-88-6969-387-8/

dc.identifier.issn

2610-8828

dc.identifier.eissn

2610-9344

dc.identifier.isbn

978-88-6969-387-8

dc.identifier.isbn

978-88-6969-386-1

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Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License

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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

 

 

 

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Strumenti digitali e collaborativi per le Scienze dell’Antichità

a cura di Paolo Mastandrea  
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Collana | Antichistica
Volume 14 

Il libro costituisce l’esito di un Convegno internazionale di studi tenutosi all’Università Ca’ Foscari nel 2014, e si propone quale momento di riflessione sopra le opere di digitalizzazione e ricerca condotte a livello accademico su materiali e testi inerenti alle Scienze dell’Antichità. I contributi in esso raccolti rispondono all’esigenza di porre a confronto esperienze maturate in ambiti disciplinari apparentemente distanti fra loro (dall’archeologia all’epigrafia, dalle letterature antiche e premoderne al diritto romano) ma accomunate da punti di contatto significativi. Lo scopo è di individuare nella collaborazione interdisciplinare nuove linee di ricerca, capaci di estendere le potenzialità degli attuali sistemi automatici di indagine. 

Copyright © 2017 Paolo Mastandrea. This is an open-access work distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction is permitted, provided that the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. The license allows for commercial use. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. 

dc.identifier.doi

10.14277/978-88-6969-182-9/ANT_14

dc.publisher

Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing

dc.issued

2017-11-29

dc.identifier.uri

http://edizionicafoscari.it/it/edizioni4/libri/978-88-6969-183-6/

dc.identifier.issn

2610-8828

dc.identifier.eissn

2610-9344

dc.identifier.isbn

978-88-6969-183-6

dc.identifier.isbn

978-88-6969-182-9

dc.rights

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License

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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

 


 

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Monday, September 7, 2026

La tragedia di Eschilo: testo, ipotesti, performance: Atti del Convegno Internazionale (Pisa, 1-2 ottobre 2025)

  • Enrico Medda(editor)
  • Andrea Taddei(editor)
    •  La tragedia di Eschilo: testo, ipotesti, performance: Atti del Convegno Internazionale (Pisa, 1-2 ottobre 2025)

    The study of Aeschylus’ tragedy requires the integration of diverse and complex skills: textual criticism, literary criticism, performance studies, historical-anthropological approaches, and analysis of ancient and modern reception. The research group members of the 2022 PRIN project dedicated to Aeschylean tragedy some of these lines at the international conference held in Pisa on October 1-2, 2025, whose proceedings this volume collects. Among the topics addressed: the Aeschylean conception of language, various aspects of the Libation Bearers (Electra’s role and ritual texture of the first episode), a group of possibly Aeschylean adespota fragments, mythic geography in Prometheus Bound, metaphorical landscapes in the Suppliants, the link between Aeschylean diction and previous archaic lyric models, some typical Aeschylean figures of repetition, the development of Iphigenia’s character in the major tragedians. The interdisciplinary dialogue illuminates Aeschylus’ dramaturgical evolution, emphasizing intertextuality and performative staging. 

     
    TitleLa tragedia di Eschilo: testo, ipotesti, performance
    SubtitleAtti del Convegno Internazionale (Pisa, 1-2 ottobre 2025)
    ContributorEnrico Medda(editor)
    Andrea Taddei(editor)
    DOIhttps://doi.org/10.30687/979-12-5742-013-0
    Landing pagehttps://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/libri/979-12-5742-013-0/
    Licensehttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
    PublisherEdizioni Ca’ Foscari – Venice University Press
    Published on2026-02-26
    Series
    • Lexis Supplements vol. 22
    • ISSN Print: 2724-3362
    • ISSN Digital: 2724-3362
    ISBN979-12-5742-013-0 (PDF)
     
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    The Reception of Sumerian Literature in the Western Periphery

    Maurizio Viano (author)
    The Reception of Sumerian Literature in the Western Periphery - cover image 

    This book investigates the transmission of Sumerian literature to Syria and Anatolia (i.e. the Western periphery) during the Late Bronze Age. Sumerian is the most ancient language so far documented and remained for about three millennia the language of culture in Mesopotamia for its association with scribal education. With the end of the Old Babylonian period, Sumerian literary and lexical texts were disseminated to regions outside Mesopotamia. The volume, however, is not limited to the documentation stemming from peripheral sites but also includes a comprehensive study of contemporary Mesopotamian sources, i.e. Middle Babylonian and Middle Assyrian. Sumerian literature is best known through the Old Babylonian texts, to which countless studies were dedicated, while the subsequent period is poorly known and has been neglected by scholars for the scarcity of sources. Nevertheless, the Late Bronze Age is extremely important for the Sumerian literature because the process of selection and modification of texts that ended up in the first millennium canonization started in this period. Therefore, this book aims at filling a gap in our comprehension of the history of Sumerian literature. The primary objective of this book is the identification of the tradition of texts discovered in the Western periphery in comparison with second and first millennium Mesopotamian sources. The subject has been approached from different perspectives, taking into account philological, cultural, and historical aspects. 

    DOIhttps://doi.org/10.14277/978-88-6969-076-1
    Landing pagehttps://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/libri/978-88-7543-417-5/
    Licensehttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
    CopyrightMaurizio Viano
    PublisherEdizioni Ca’ Foscari – Venice University Press
    Publication placeVenice, Italy
    Published on2016-07-08
    Series
    • Antiquity Studies vol. 9
    • ISSN Print: 2610-9344
    • ISSN Digital: 2610-9344
    ISBN978-88-6969-076-1 (PDF)

     

     
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    Plutarch's Science of Natural Problems: A Study with Commentary on Quaestiones Naturales

    Michiel Meeusen (author)
    Plutarch's Science of Natural Problems: A Study with Commentary on Quaestiones Naturales - cover image 

    The role of natural science in the Roman Imperial Era In his Quaestiones naturales, Plutarch unmistakeably demonstrates a huge interest in the world of natural phenomena. The work of this famous intellectual and philosopher from Chaeronea consists of forty-one natural problems that address a wide variety of questions, sometimes rather peculiar ones, and answers pertaining to ancient Greek physics, including problems related to the fields of zoology, botany, meteorology and their respective subdisciplines. By providing a thorough study of and commentary on this generally neglected text, written by one of the most influential and prolific writers from Antiquity, this book contributes to our better understanding of Plutarch’s natural scientific programme and, the condition and role of ancient natural science in the Roman Imperial Era in general. This publication is GPRC-labeled (Guaranteed Peer-Reviewed Content). 

    DOIhttps://doi.org/10.11116/9789461662293
    Landing pagehttps://chooser.crossref.org/?doi=10.11116%2F9789461662293
    Licensehttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode
    PublisherLeuven University Press
    Publication placeLeuven, BE
    Published on2017-02-10
    Series
    • Plutarchea Hypomnemata vol. 1
    • ISSN Print:
    • ISSN Digital:
    ISBN978-94-6270-084-0 (Hardback)
    978-94-6166-229-3 (PDF)

     

     
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