«Imitatio» poética y la función del modelo: Properzio en los versos de Sidonio Apolinar

Abstract

The imitative technique of Sidonius is based on a strong reworking of a model, that therefore becomes an inspirational occasion. The late poet makes classical forms of poetry revive, using not always direct, a complex evocation of the language, and using a wise variation of contents, mediated by a renewed ideology. Especially the imitatio Propertiana is so rare as subtle and very complex, because of technique of tainting. Because of this we can recognize in the same poesy context traces of different sources, such as texts, although belonging to different periods of time (e.g. Propertius’ text and Claudian’s text or rutilius’), which contain individual fragments, appropriately reviewed and rewritten.