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A Hydra in the Gardens of Adonis: Literary Allusion and the Language of Humanism in Egidio of Viterbo (1469-1532)*
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 November 2018
Abstract
Egidio of Viterbo's Sentences-Commentary ad mentem Platonis blends scholastic theological argumentation with the poetic theology of Ficinian Platonism. This essay examines Egidio's application of myths drawn mainly from the Platonic dialogues to residual questions, after he successfully addressed the question of divine generation. The allusions do not just embellish, but embody the fundamental theological truth as revealed in scripture and tradition. Egidio incorporates philosophical humanism and the literary sensibilities of his age into the Sentences- Commentary genre.
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An earlier version of this paper was presented at the twenty-third Congresso Internazionale di Studi Umanistici Piceni, held 3-6 July 2002 in Sassoferrato, Italy. The author is grateful to the friends and colleagues who offered invariably helpful suggestions, especially Marianne Pade, Jean-Louis Charlet, Johann Ramminger, and John O'Malley.