Agnita virgo … crimine: alcune considerazioni sulla presenza del mito di Medea in Sidonio

Sidonius refers to the myth of Medea three times in his carmina minora (9.65-75; 11.68 and 23.272-76) and twice in the panegyrici (2.493-94 and above all 5.126-47: a deeper analysis of this text is provided). Thanks to an intertextual approach, the paper aims at highlighting the function of this myth in each context and showing how the author emphasises some details, which are often complex episodes taken from the previous poetic tradition.