Exercises based upon the Aesopian μῦθος (προγυμνάσματα) were common in imperial schools of rhetoric. Being educated in such schools, Gregory of Nazianzus surely dealt with the fable: clear evidence lies in his oeuvre, where fable items are indeed widespread. By analyzing these items, the article aims to study why Gregory used and adapted them to Christianism, i.e. why he Christianized them.

La favola in Gregorio di Nazianzo / Settecase, Marco. - In: ERGA / LOGOI. - ISSN 2280-9678. - 7:1(2019), pp. 149-185. [10.7358/erga-2019-001-sett]

La favola in Gregorio di Nazianzo

Marco Settecase
2019-01-01

Abstract

Exercises based upon the Aesopian μῦθος (προγυμνάσματα) were common in imperial schools of rhetoric. Being educated in such schools, Gregory of Nazianzus surely dealt with the fable: clear evidence lies in his oeuvre, where fable items are indeed widespread. By analyzing these items, the article aims to study why Gregory used and adapted them to Christianism, i.e. why he Christianized them.
2019
La favola in Gregorio di Nazianzo / Settecase, Marco. - In: ERGA / LOGOI. - ISSN 2280-9678. - 7:1(2019), pp. 149-185. [10.7358/erga-2019-001-sett]
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