Dati storici e aspetti romanzeschi nelle prime due Visioni del Pastore di Erma. Una riconsiderazione del problema alla luce di nuove scoperte testuali

Abstract

The aim of the paper is to reconsider the content of first two Visions of the Shepherd of Hermas and to decode some ficticious elements offered by the author at the beginning of his work. The study takes into consideration some recent textual discoveries concerning the first sentence of the Shepherd.