La malattia di Perdicca.

Un'edizione commentata di un poemetto tardoantico scoperto da Baehrens e guardato con interesse da molti dei principali filologi del Novecento; l'anonimo autore attinge abbondantemente dal syllabus della sua scuola di retorica, offrendoci un'operetta dai molti difetti, ma di enorme interesse anche per i temi più ampi dell'intertestualità, delle mode scolastiche del tardoantico, e di molti usi tecnici della poesia tarda (metrica, licenze prosidiche, grammaticali e sintattiche). Per i molti guasti del codice, il poemetto è anche una vera palestra per i filologi e di estremo interesse per gli studenti dei corsi filologia. the volume provides a new annotated edition of a Late Antique epyllion discovered by Baehrens (who ascribed it to Dracontius) and that arised the interest of many famous philologists of the twentieth century; the anonymous author draws heavily from the syllabus of his school of rhetoric and constructs an epillium with many faults, but also of enormous interest for some broader themes such as intertextuality, late antique scholastic trends, and also for many technical issues of Late Antique poetry (metric, prosodic, grammatical and syntactic licenses above all). The only manuscript that hands it down is faulty in many places and creates several problems of reading and interpretation: for this reason, the poem is also a real battleground for philologists. Drawing in abundance from his favorite texts and imitating the great poetry of the past, an anonymous fifth-century poet tells us a tragic story with a surprising ending. Only recently discovered, the poem Aegritudo Perdicae is contained in a unique, very damaged manuscript. Professional philologists and young students alike will be able to grapple with the many mysteries offered by the text. The game will prove exciting for all of them.