Mapping the circulation of literature in Egypt (5th-7th cent.): The contribution of Latin texts on papyrus

Per una geografia della circolazione letteraria in Egitto (V-VII s.): il contributo dei testi latini su papiro

Alessandro Garcea (1) , Maria Chiara Scappaticcio (2)

1 Rome et ses Renaissances - Centre Guillaume Budé
2 Dipartimento di Studi Umanistici (Napoli Federico II)

A critical overview of the circulation of Latin literature in Late Antique Egypt (5th-7th cent.) is offered through a survey of texts on papyrus and their contextualization, in order to highlight the role Latin played within such a multilingual and multicultural context and the forms of its relationship with Greek, which was the dominant language. Both the four canonical authors making up the so-called 'quadriga' of the grammarian Arusianus Messius and 'iuniores' authors like Lucan and Juvenal contributed to shaping a cultural milieu where the connection between grammar and law—and accordingly bureaucracy—was close and fundamental.

Mots clés: Latin literature; Education history; Ancient Egypt; Multilingualism; papyri

Domaines: Sciences de l'Homme et Société; Etudes classiques; Littératures

Alessandro Garcea, Maria Chiara Scappaticcio. Per una geografia della circolazione letteraria in Egitto (V-VII s.): il contributo dei testi latini su papiro. Philologia Antiqua : an international journal of classics, 2019, Produzione e circolazione di testi greci e latini nell’Egitto tardoantico e bizantino. Ricerche in corso, 12, pp.37-50. ⟨10.19272/201904601004⟩. ⟨halshs-02427736⟩