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The article treats the presence of stars in terrestrial landscapes, in opposition to the Underworld and in connection to the topos of  katabasis , above all in order to pursue in more depth a textual problem in the  fabula Orphei  of Vergil’s  Georgics  (4,509  astris  /  antris ). The philological question is approached both on the basis of context and in relation to the descent into Hades of Aeneas, as well as in diachronic comparison with the earlier Homeric  katabasis  of Odysseus and the later otherworldly voyage of Dante in the  Commedia . This internal and intertextual investigation reveals multiple functions of the celestial bodies in similar stories, as well as analogies between Homer, Vergil and Dante, linked by interests in nature and astronomy and by reciprocal influences. In fact, the Greek model and the Italian emulator seem to help clarify the contested passage in the Vergilian  katabasis  of Orpheus, while the Latin poet and Dante (who also share echoes of Apollonius Rhodius) rework a celestial detail already present in the νέκυια of Homer. Finally, both these classical authors, as well as Ovid, are subtly present at the ends of the three parts of the  Commedia , each of which closes with the suggestive and symbolic image of “stars”, which evokes and renews an ancient tradition.

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Tra gli Inferi e le stelle: un problema testuale nel mito di Orfeo in Virgilio ( georg . 4,509) e il  Leitmotiv  astronomico nelle catabasi da Omero a Dante (con echi di Apollonio Rodio)