2018: XX
Articoli

Atlante e il Purgatorio

Alberto Casadei
Università di Pisa
Biografia

Pubblicato 2018-12-03

Parole chiave

  • Atlas,
  • literary onomastics,
  • Dante’s Purgatory

Abstract

This essay examines, from an onomastic standpoint, the presence of Atlas in Dante’s works. In particular, the characteristics of the African mountain range present more than a passing correspondence with the mountain of Purgatory.