Abstract
ABSTRACTThe article presents the character of Argillano, a minor figure in Torquato Tasso’s Gerusalemme liberata (cantos VIII-IX). Firstly, it examines the general narrative and Argillano’s symbolic function, which can be read as an allegory of sedition per se. Secondly, after showing a series of connections with canto XXVIII of Dante’s Inferno, it discusses the possible influence of Giovan Battista Giraldi Cinzio on Tasso, by highlighting the similarities between Argillano’s story and that of the protagonist of one of the tales included in the Ecatommiti (I. 6). Finally, the geographic origin shared by the two characters is analysed, pointing out how the choice of Ascoli Piceno is linked with its (now lost) reputation as a seditious city.
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