Per un lessico dei commenti tardoantichi a Virgilio : il caso dello Pseudo Probo

During the last few years our knowledge of the Late Antique commentaries on Virgil has advanced. As a consequence, now we can better interpret them, either as regards their original setting or their function of support for the reading of Virgil. However, a systematic study of their lexicon is still lacking. Only a few essays deal with specific formulas and particular authors; but there are no recent, large-scale studies attempting to reconstruct the repertoire of words and ideas by which the commentaries describe the author, his function, his work, his public… Beginning with the commentary of Ps.Probus, the aim of this paper is to launch such a research