Dante's Statius - "Reason Illuminated by Faith" or the Poet Statius in Dante's "Purgatorio" (Review of Hypotheses and Didactic Conclusion)

Abstract

The paper deals with the question of the presence of the ancient Roman poet Statius in Dante's Purgatorio. It summarizes the state of research on this question and presents the most important hypotheses.

It concludes with an attempt to show how this topic can be used didactically.

Keywords

• Dante
• Statius
• Vergilius
• Purgatorio
• Purgatory
• didactic use
• Humanism
• Christianity