The objective of this paper is to analyze the occurrences of the name Phyllis in the Latin literature. In the Augustan age, a very important cultural period, Phyllis is mentioned by several authors. She is the author of one of the letters from Ovid’s Heroides, but is also mentioned by the poet in other works as exemplum. In addition, she is a courtesan for Propertius. She is also in the center of various dibates among pastors in the Virgilian Eclouges. Moreover, she appears in Oratius’s Odes in symposial contexts. In imperial age, Martial and Ausonius mention her as courtesan. Is this Phyllis the same or is it only a case this continuous mentioning in different, but not totally extraneous, works? There exists Phyllis in the myth, but may there exist also Phyllis as courtesan, intentionally used by authors in erotic contexts? In this paper, we are going to analyze the different cases in which Phyllis was cited, from Phyllis as suicidal heroin for love, to Phyllis as the drunk courtesan and then to Phyllis as a slave that paradoxically becomes daughter of a king
Laureata in lettere classiche presso l’Università della Calabria e laureanda in Scienze dell’Antichità nella stessa università. Durante il percorso di tesi triennale, ha scritto un elaborato sulla figura di Fillide nel mito, con relatore il professore Raffaele Perrelli. In questo ambito, si è occupata delle occorrenze del nome dell’eroina, a partire da Callimaco, finendo con Dante e Leopardi, e tanti altri autori della letteratura latina greca e italiana, poi soffermandomi sulla Fillide delle Heroides di Ovidio.
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