Erasto

Erasto, or Compassionevoli avvenimenti, was first published in 1542, and went through more than 31 editions before the end of the century. Its enormous popularity led to translations into French, Spanish (and then back to French again), English, and Hebrew.

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Siglum of the version of the Seven Sages
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Adapted from (version)	I (Versio Italica)
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Erasto

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Date of composition	1542
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Modern Scholarship and Editions
Modern research literature	Capelli (1865)
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Notes and Commentary
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Notes on the frame	Property "Has Note On The Frame" (as page type) with input value "According to Wikeley (1983), the emperor is called Diocleziano, the prince Erasto, the stepmother Afrodisia, and the sages are named.</br></br>The frame occupies a large amount of the text, approximately 50%.</br></br>Contains three analogous stories: Zelus, Corpus Delicti, and Puer Adoptatus." contains invalid characters or is incomplete and therefore can cause unexpected results during a query or annotation process.According to Wikeley (1983), the emperor is called Diocleziano, the prince Erasto, the stepmother Afrodisia, and the sages are named. The frame occupies a large amount of the text, approximately 50%. Contains three analogous stories: Zelus, Corpus Delicti, and Puer Adoptatus.

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