IL COMMENTO PSEUDACRONEO A' E LO STUDIO DI ORAZIO NELLA SCUOLA TARDOANTICA

This dissertation examines the A’ commentary on Horace’s Odes, which represents the most ancient part of the so-called Pseudo-Acro; it is transmitted by the codex Parisinus Latinus 7900A. My analysis starts with some preliminary inquiries about the different parts of the commentary, their date and the identity of the scholars involved. Then, I focus on the connections between the A’ commentary and the works of Porphyrio and Servius, searching for similar contents and a similar exegetical approach. Despite Porphyrio’s text is the only other Horatian commentary survived, Pseudo-Acro is more close to Servius’ exegesis. The majority of my thesis is constituted by a thematic analysis of A’ commentary. I have divided the pseudacronian notes into nine categories: grammatical, rhetoric, biographical, historical, geographical, mythological, literary, philosophical and religious. For each theme, I have investigated the form and the content of the pseudacronian annotations, paying specific attention to their relationship with Porphyrio’s text and other late antique commentaries on Virgil, Lucan, Persius, Statius and Iuvenal. Thus I have defined which information was considered essential by a late antique commentator to understand Horace’s text, and what method of interpretation was taught in the late antique school.