Sappho’ fr. 16 V., the Carmina Anacreontea and G. d’Annunzio. A Note on Cabiria · Between 1913 and 1914 Gabriele d’Annunzio collaborated on writing the intertitles for the film Cabiria, a masterpiece of silent cinema, set during the Punic Wars. In the final scene, d’Annunzio’s text seems to allude to Sappho’s fr. 16 V., which however was discovered in an Oxyrhynchus papyrus (POxy 1231) and published for the first time only in early 1914. By retracing the stages of the film’s production, this essay proves that d’Annunzio could not yet have known Sappho’s new ode and that his true source was in fact one of the Carmina Anacreontea (CA 26), which in turn imitated Sappho’s verses. The comparison between CA 26 and its ancient model finally offers further evidence for the distinction between two different odes by Sappho, 16 and 16A.
Saffo 16 V., le Anacreontee e d’Annunzio. Una nota su Cabiria
Luciano Bossina
2025
Abstract
Sappho’ fr. 16 V., the Carmina Anacreontea and G. d’Annunzio. A Note on Cabiria · Between 1913 and 1914 Gabriele d’Annunzio collaborated on writing the intertitles for the film Cabiria, a masterpiece of silent cinema, set during the Punic Wars. In the final scene, d’Annunzio’s text seems to allude to Sappho’s fr. 16 V., which however was discovered in an Oxyrhynchus papyrus (POxy 1231) and published for the first time only in early 1914. By retracing the stages of the film’s production, this essay proves that d’Annunzio could not yet have known Sappho’s new ode and that his true source was in fact one of the Carmina Anacreontea (CA 26), which in turn imitated Sappho’s verses. The comparison between CA 26 and its ancient model finally offers further evidence for the distinction between two different odes by Sappho, 16 and 16A.
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