Nicole Sileo

“La bella speme” e “l’inquieta speme”. Il ‘linguaggio della speranza’ nelle traduzioni simonidee di Giacomo Leopardi

Among Leopardi’s poetic translations, the Greek poet Simonides holds a prominent place, partly due to the themes that resonate with Leopardi’s poetics and philosophy. Notably, the theme of hope recurs in both of the translated texts at the end of Canti: Dal greco di Simonide and Dello stesso (Sem. fr. 1 W2 = 8 P-T and...