L’imitation de Virgile dans le De hortis Hesperidum de Giovanni Pontano Pratique et théorie du modèle unique à l’aube du xvi^e siècle

This paper deals with the Virgilian stylistic features in Pontano and focuses on book I of his last poem, De hortis Hesperidum (Venice 1505), which emulates the Georgics and embodies the humanist’s ultimate view on imitation. An accurate analysis of Pontano, hereby accounted according to prosodic and metrical data, quotations and stylistic figures, reveals his implicit commentary of the Georgics. A conclusion on his method of composition sketches out a brief typology of imitation data.