The episode of the Onosceleae at the end of Lucian’s True Histories clearly contains precise literary allusions (to Homer and Aristophanes in the first place), but donkey- legged demons are well attested in Arab and Middle Eastern folklore, and they’re protagonists of cautionary tales and urban legends quite similar to this tale. It seems therefore probable that, as elsewhere in his work, Lucian here is parodically alluding to popular narratives circulating among his contemporaries.
Braccini, T. (2018). Luciano e il diavolo nella sala da ballo: una nota a Storie vere 2,46. QUADERNI URBINATI DI CULTURA CLASSICA, NS 119.2, 127-138 [10.19272/201806402008].
Luciano e il diavolo nella sala da ballo: una nota a Storie vere 2,46
Braccini, Tommaso
2018-01-01
Abstract
The episode of the Onosceleae at the end of Lucian’s True Histories clearly contains precise literary allusions (to Homer and Aristophanes in the first place), but donkey- legged demons are well attested in Arab and Middle Eastern folklore, and they’re protagonists of cautionary tales and urban legends quite similar to this tale. It seems therefore probable that, as elsewhere in his work, Lucian here is parodically alluding to popular narratives circulating among his contemporaries.
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