Poesia degli oggetti e oggetti di poesia nelle favole di Fedro

Abstract

Fluctuating between the fantastic character of the Aesopian fable and the concrete nature of the Roman society, Phaedrus gives objects two different roles: in tales about animals, objects are 'foreign bodies', and serve a metaphorical function in line with the moralizing purpose of the story. In tales about humans, on the other hand, objects 'define' characters, and root the story more deeply in a specifically Roman context, closer to the world of satire than to that of narrative literature.