RATIONES RERUM 18: Articolo Francesco Berardi

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Rationes Rerum 18

FRANCESCO BERARDI
Tuba rhetorica: storia di un’immagine fra tradizione letteraria ed epigrafica

A long meta-rhetorical and meta-poetical tradition links the image of the tuba to the enhancement of the stylistic apparatus and expressive efficacy. This topic culminates in classicist Roman literature of 4th-5th century AD (Claudianus, Sidonius, Prudentius, Macrobius). An epigraphic poem (CLE 1403 + 1399 Bücheler) is affected by this cultural climate: the anonymous author uses an auditory metaphor (tuba rhetorica) to praise the excellent rhetorical training of the deceased young people.