Reminiscências virgilianas na obra do humanista Inácio de Morais

Following one of the precepts of poetic creation in Renaissance, it was common to imitate or transcribe expressions, phrases, verses, or use Greco-Latin classical exempla. From all sources of the work of the Portuguese poet and humanist Ignatius de Morais, the Latin poet Virgil stands out; his reminiscences are widely disseminated throughout the work of Ignatius de Morais. The traces and echoes from the readings of the Virgilian work resounded in the spirit of the Portuguese humanist, who transcribed or adapted whole verses, hemistiches, or simple expressions, or drew on them to illustrate events through appropriate parallels or comparisons between figures or facts. This study reveals the echoes of the Mantuan in the work of Ignatius de Morais and shows how he was able to draw, with remarkable mastery and sensitivity, on the Virgilian tones to give an even greater brilliance and majesty to his inspired works.