Caligantem nigra formidine lucum: Verg.georg. 4.468, la stele di Philae e un’annotazione degliScholia Bernensia

Abstract

AbstractThe notice in theScholia Bernensiaabout Vergil,Georgics4.468 that links the name of Gallus to thekatabasisof Orpheus can be read as a confirmation of the relation between Vergil’s short poem and the elegiac poet’s work. Significant in this sense is the termformido, very elegant as used by Vergil and maybe part of the poetic lexicon of Gallus, as is perhaps suggested by a passage of the Philae stele.