The word of the grammaticus and the construction of auctoritas in the Comentarii in Somnium Scipionis of Macrobius
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Late Antiquity, Genre, Commentarium, AuctoritasAbstract
Late Antiquity reveals (especially from the 4th century onwards) a deep interest in earlier texts, given the necessity of building a new rhetorical ???????. The commentarium becomes an especially suitable genre for this task, because it allows for the confrontation and transmission of two different realities: the past represented by the base-text and, on the other hand, an present exercise of active thinking. The role of the grammaticus (often thought of as secondary or barely noticeable) is essential if this textual dynamic to find its proper balance, since the grammaticus manages the tensions present in order to resolve them, so that a new text may emerge. Through his word and speech, the grammaticus establishes his auctoritas as a third element that legitimates the commentarium and assures its textual efficiency.
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