Una memoria apuleiana in Sidonio Apollinare: tra stile epistolare e modelli retorici

In the Letter 9, 2 Sidonius Apollinaris declines Euphronius’ request to compose a work of biblical exegesis; even though it is short, the epistle has a high degree of rhetorical elaboration. The paper focuses the recusatio’s topics, particularly the one in which Sidonius compares himself with the preceding exegetes (Origenes, Hieronimus, Augustinus). The author uses two images for comparison: the second one presents the motif of bird singing and shows evidence of the influence of a passage of the Apuleius’ Florida.