The first and most important aenigma of the Historia Apollonii regis Tyri is paradoxically the only one that remains unsolved in the whole story: neither it is actually explained by the protagonist nor it has yet received a definite answer by modern scholars. For this passage, on the contrary, the main commentaries provide only generic interpretations and/or different possible links to the main plot, rather than a real, convincing solution. This article proposes a new, simple explanation for the apparently inconsistent riddle, a solution some way “found in the books” and a possible “title” for it.

La pagina della sfinge. L’enigma di Antioco nella Historia Apollonii regis Tyri

Lara Nicolini
2019-01-01

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The first and most important aenigma of the Historia Apollonii regis Tyri is paradoxically the only one that remains unsolved in the whole story: neither it is actually explained by the protagonist nor it has yet received a definite answer by modern scholars. For this passage, on the contrary, the main commentaries provide only generic interpretations and/or different possible links to the main plot, rather than a real, convincing solution. This article proposes a new, simple explanation for the apparently inconsistent riddle, a solution some way “found in the books” and a possible “title” for it.
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