Plato, Locri and "the Flower of Italy": Revaluating an "Ancient" Epithet.
The article focuses on the attribution of the epithet "the Flower of Italy" to the Greek colony of Epizephyrian Locris and its supposed origins in Plato. Topics include the historical background of Locri, the Renaissance transmission and misattribution of the phrase through Alberti and subsequent sc...
| Publicado en: | Mnemosyne Vol. 78; no. 5; pp. 920 - 930 |
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Brill Academic Publishers
2025
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