Although Dante never traveled to Greek-speaking lands in the
eastern Mediterranean and his exposure to the Greek language was
limited, he displays a keen interest in the cultures of Greece,
both ancient and medieval, pagan and Christian. Bringing together
cartography, history, philosophy, philology, reception studies,
religious studies, and other disciplines, these essays tap into
knowledge and skills from specialists in the medieval West,
Byzantium, and Dante. The twelve contributors discuss the presence
of ancient Greek poetry, philosophy, and science (astrology,
cosmography, geography) in Dante s writings, as well as the Greek
characters who populate his works. Some of these individuals were
drawn indirectly from ancient mythography, Homeric epic, and other
such sources, while others were historically attested personages,
down to Dante s own era. Greek was not only a language and
civilization of the past, but also a present (and often rival)
religious and political entity. To each layer ancient pagan, early
Christian, and contemporary Byzantine Latins related differently.
Doctrinal, political, linguistic, cultural, and educational matters
all played important roles in shaping the attitudes that form the
focal point for this volume, which sets the stage for further
engagement with Dante s corpus in its cultural settings."
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