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La mort de Papa Alexandre VI, segons un poema anònim italià de 1504
2017
Resum: Un poema en octaves sobre la mort d’Alexandre VI, inedit i anonim, publicat a Italia, aporta noves dades sobre la literatura contra els Borja. En aquesta ocasio Alexandre VI es mostrat com un nigromantic que no sap veure l’anunci de la seua mort. Paraules clau: Alexandre VI, nigromancia, segle XVI, Borja, poema Abstract: A poem in octaves about the death of Alexandre VI, unpublished and anonymous, printed in Italy, provides new data on the literature against the Borja family. In this instance, the poem portrays Alexandre VI as a necromancer who cannot see the announcement of his own death. Keywords: Alexandre VI, necromancy, 16th century, Borja, poem
Las cuatro muertes de Cleonice: poder, sexo, violencia y fantasmas
2019
Greek tradition links the death of regent Pausanias of Sparta with ghosts. In this paper, we focus on the well-known episode that revolves around Pausanias himself and a Byzantine maiden and is transmitted by Aristodemus, Plutarch and Pausanias Periegetes. The multiplicity of versions demands a comparative analysis, which we carry out taking into account the three spaces where the narrative action takes place (civic, intimate and ritual spaces). Results indicate a concordance between Plutarch and Pausanias Periegetes, as well as a dissonance between them and Aristodemus. This difference especially affects the narrative treatment of the maiden, a ghost properly so-called in Plutarch and Paus…