The transformation of human beings into animals is an old topic; Boethius could read the interpretations of a very rich exegetical tradition explaining Circe's transformation of Odysseus' followers into animals. The middle- and Neoplatonic tradition was particularly rich, and must have influenced Boethius, Consolation, IV pr. 3.
Milanese, G. F., Vertatur in beluam. Animals and Human Passions in Boethius' Consolation of Philosophy, in Vitale-Brovarone, A., Mombello, G. (ed.), Atti del V Colloquio della International Beast Epic, Fable, and Fabliau Society: Torino, St-Vincent, 5-9 settembre 1983, Edizioni Dell'Orso, Alessandria 1987: 273- 282 [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/115932]
Vertatur in beluam. Animals and Human Passions in Boethius' Consolation of Philosophy
Milanese, Guido Fabrizio
1987
Abstract
The transformation of human beings into animals is an old topic; Boethius could read the interpretations of a very rich exegetical tradition explaining Circe's transformation of Odysseus' followers into animals. The middle- and Neoplatonic tradition was particularly rich, and must have influenced Boethius, Consolation, IV pr. 3.
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