<i>De sotio</i>, <i>sive </i>Petrarch’s use of Livy in <i>Fam</i>. IV 1
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The article endeavours to demonstrate how the apparently simple, overt quote of Livy in the incipit of the Fam., IV 1 is far-reaching in its capacity to provide not only language and concepts for some of Petrarch's narrative strategies in the letter, but also a hermeneutical key for a better understanding of the letter in its entirety. The hypothesis is that the parallel drawn between Petrarch's choice of companion (de sotio) in the climbing of Mt Ventoux and the choice of companion made by Philip V of Macedonia in his climb of Mt Haemus is also far-reaching inasmuch as both mountain-climbers make the wrong choice.
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The article endeavours to demonstrate how the apparently simple, overt quote of Livy in the incipit of the Fam., IV 1 is far-reaching in its capacity to provide not only language and concepts for some of Petrarch's narrative strategies in the letter, but also a hermeneutical key for a better understanding of the letter in its entirety. The hypothesis is that the parallel drawn between Petrarch's choice of companion (de sotio) in the climbing of Mt Ventoux and the choice of companion made by Philip V of Macedonia in his climb of Mt Haemus is also far-reaching inasmuch as both mountain-climbers make the wrong choice.
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