Supplied by Livy with the typical features of femme fatale, the character of Sophonisba was curiously reshaped through the adaptations provided by Petrarch, Corneille and then Alfieri. Indeed, Alfieri reduced Sophonisba’s sensual traits and, on the contrary, highlighted her patriotic qualities: so doing, he paid less attention to her suicide, that had been long considered – within the intellectual imagery – similar to that of another female character, although mythical and not historical: Dido.

Sub specie Didonis. Sofonisba, il teatro e la sete di ‘grandeur’

CIPRIANI, GIOVANNI
2013-01-01

Abstract

Supplied by Livy with the typical features of femme fatale, the character of Sophonisba was curiously reshaped through the adaptations provided by Petrarch, Corneille and then Alfieri. Indeed, Alfieri reduced Sophonisba’s sensual traits and, on the contrary, highlighted her patriotic qualities: so doing, he paid less attention to her suicide, that had been long considered – within the intellectual imagery – similar to that of another female character, although mythical and not historical: Dido.
2013
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