This article explores how Solinus describes animals in Chapter 2 of his Collectanea rerum memorabilium. It argues that the author’s focus on them does not simply aim to excite curiosity in his readers but to provide a more coherent picture of the essential features of the Italian peninsula.

Tra lupi e cicale. Il mondo animale nell’Italia meravigliosa di Solino

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Abstract

This article explores how Solinus describes animals in Chapter 2 of his Collectanea rerum memorabilium. It argues that the author’s focus on them does not simply aim to excite curiosity in his readers but to provide a more coherent picture of the essential features of the Italian peninsula.
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Solinus, Italy, grasshopper, hirpus, wolf, lynx, snake, Diomedes’ bird
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