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Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
2023
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| Online Access: | https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=33075324017 https://www.redalyc.org/journal/330/33075324017/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/330/33075324017/html/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/330/33075324017/33075324017.epub https://www.redalyc.org/journal/330/33075324017/movil https://doi.org/10.1590/1517-106X/202325116 |
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- BASILISK – THE HISTORY OF THE LEGEND Łukasz Krzyszczuk Krzysztof Morta Lengua y Literatura basilisk paradoxography Pliny the Elder topos in literature Nicander of Colophon The article traces the development of the legendary features of one of the most menacing creatures of Graeco-Roman antiquity, i.e., the basilisk. The authors refer to the earliest description (Nicander of Colophon), where the basilisk’s extraordinary features are “limited” (it cannot yet kill with its sight, breath or hiss). Later depictions, however, do endow the creature with these abilities. The authors aim to demonstrate that various corruptions of the source texts have occurred in the transmission of the content. Later the creature’s characteristics were exaggerated and dramatized. The pre-existing topoi depicting other dangerous creatures and their venomousness - after their import and adaptation - have further embellished the basilisk’s description. Some mutually exclusive qualities have even been combined. Due to textual errors some features (ill-fitting to the convention of this creature’s characterisation) have appeared, i.e., the power to crack rocks. The authors try to establish how such mistakes might have happened. 2023 artículo científico 1517-106X https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=33075324017 https://www.redalyc.org/journal/330/33075324017/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/330/33075324017/html/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/330/33075324017/33075324017.epub https://www.redalyc.org/journal/330/33075324017/movil https://doi.org/10.1590/1517-106X/202325116 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=330 Alea: Estudos Neolatinos application/pdf Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro Alea: Estudos Neolatinos (Brasil) Num.1 Vol.25