L'Amabile di Continentia (Em)
From The Seven Sages of Rome
The Italian L'Amabile di Continentia is one of the later I (Versio Italico) redactions, and is closely related to the Erasto narrative. It is critically assumed to be Erasto's source, in fact (see Cesari (1896), Wikeley (1983), etc.). This is due to the fact that unlike most of Version I redactions, in L'Amabile the prince is not named Stefano, but rather Erasto. The stepmother is named Afrodisia, while the sages are give names designed to sound Greek: Euprogu
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Regarded by Wikeley (1983) to be the 'prototype' of Erasto.
Pattern of Embedded Stories in This Version
| Has Short Title | Has Sequence Number | Has Narrator | Has Name Variation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canis – The Faithful Dog | 1 | Euprosigoro | |
| Arbor – The Tree | 2 | Empress | Afrodisia |
| Medicus – The Doctor | 3 | Dimurgo | |
| Aper – The Boar and the Fruit | 4 | Empress | |
| Tentamina – The Test | 5 | Terno | |
| Sapientes – The Wise Men | 6 | Empress | |
| Zelus – Zeal | 7 | Enoscopo | Oinoscopio |
| Gaza – The Treasure | 8 | Empress | |
| Inclusa – The Imprisoned Wife | 9 | Filandro | Filantropo |
| Roma – Rome Besieged | 10 | Empress | |
| Corpus Delicti – The Discovered Corpse | 11 | Agato | |
| Virgilius – Virgil's Marvels | 12 | Empress | |
| Caepulla | 13 | Leuco | |
| Puer Adoptatus – The Adopted Son | 14 | Empress |