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'''Guido delle Colonne''' (in [[Latin language|Latin]] '''Guido de Columnis''' or '''de Columna''') was an early 13th century [[Italy|Italian]] writer, living at [[Messina]], who wrote in Latin. He is the author of a prose narrative of the [[Trojan War]] entitled ''[[Historia destructionis Troiae]]'' ("History of the destruction of Troy") that was based on ''De excidio Trojae historia'' written by [[Dares Phrygius]] and ''Ephemeridos belli Trojani'' written by [[Dictys Cretensis]].<ref>{{cite book| |
'''Guido delle Colonne''' (in [[Latin language|Latin]] '''Guido de Columnis''' or '''de Columna''') was an early 13th century [[Italy|Italian]] writer, living at [[Messina]], who wrote in Latin. He is the author of a prose narrative of the [[Trojan War]] entitled ''[[Historia destructionis Troiae]]'' ("History of the destruction of Troy") that was based on ''De excidio Trojae historia'' written by [[Dares Phrygius]] and ''Ephemeridos belli Trojani'' written by [[Dictys Cretensis]].<ref>{{cite book|editor1=Tolkien, J. R. R.|editor2=E. V. Gordon|editor3=Norman Davis|title=Sir Gawain and the Green Knight|edition=2|year=1967|publisher=Oxford UP|location=Oxford|isbn=9780198114864|page=70}}</ref> |
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[[Dante Alighieri|Dante]] (''[[De vulgari eloquentia]]'' 2.5) named Guido as a poet in the vernacular, and in fact five poems by him in [[Italian language|Italian]] survive. |
[[Dante Alighieri|Dante]] (''[[De vulgari eloquentia]]'' 2.5) named Guido as a poet in the vernacular, and in fact five poems by him in [[Italian language|Italian]] survive. |
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Guido delle Colonne (in Latin Guido de Columnis or de Columna) was an early 13th century Italian writer, living at Messina, who wrote in Latin. He is the author of a prose narrative of the Trojan War entitled Historia destructionis Troiae ("History of the destruction of Troy") that was based on De excidio Trojae historia written by Dares Phrygius and Ephemeridos belli Trojani written by Dictys Cretensis.[1]
Dante (De vulgari eloquentia 2.5) named Guido as a poet in the vernacular, and in fact five poems by him in Italian survive.
Further reading
- Guido delle Colonne, Historia destructionis Troiae, edited by Nathaniel Edward Griffin, Mediaeval Academy of America Publication 26, Cambridge, Mass.: Mediaeval Academy of America, 1936.
- Benson, C. David, The History of Troy in Middle English Literature: Guido delle Colonne's Historia Destructionis Troiae in Medieval England, Rowman & Littlefield (1980), ISBN 0-8476-6289-6
- Carlesso, Giuliana, “La fortuna della Historia destructionis Troiae di Guido delle Colonne e un volgarizzamento finora ignoto,” Giornale storico della letteratura italiana 157 (1980): 230-51.
- Chiàntera, Raffaele, Guido delle Colonne: Poeta e storico latino del sec. XIII e il problema della lingua della nostra primitiva lirica d'arte, Napoli: Casa Editrice ‘Federico & Adria' di P. Federico, 1956.
- Keller, Wolfram R., Selves and Nations: The Troy Story from Sicily to England in the Middle Ages, Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, 2008.
- Lumiansky, R. M., “The Story of Troilus and Briseida according to Benoit and Guido,” Speculum 29.4 (1954): 727-33.
References
- ^ Tolkien, J. R. R.; E. V. Gordon; Norman Davis, eds. (1967). Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (2 ed.). Oxford: Oxford UP. p. 70. ISBN 9780198114864.
