La figure d’Esculape dans l’Ovidius moralizatus de Pierre Bersuire

Abstract

Pierre Bersuire’s Ovidius moralizatus, one of the major medieval commentaries on Ovid’s Metamorphoses, exists in two principal versions, Avignon (A) and Paris (P). This article examines certain textual developments and additions related to the myth of Aesculapius (Met. 2.598–632 + 15.622–744) that distinguish the Parisian version from the Avignon version of the Ovidius moralizatus.