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<p>This article examines the <i>sphragis</i> in the closing lines of Book IV of the <i>Alexandrias</i>, an epic poem by the exiled Mexican Jesuit Francisco Xavier Alegre (1729–1788), published partially under pseudonyms in Italy in 1773 (2nd edition, 1776). Following a discussion of the poem’s seal and its classical models—Virgil’s <i>Eclogues</i>, X, and <i>Georgics</i>, III and IV, as well as Sannazaro’s <i>De partu Virginis</i>—the paper considers the thematic and historical significance of the <i>locus amoenus</i> as an evocation of a specific locality (the sanctuary of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico), the naming of the river of Guadalupe as ‘Anthius’ and the poet’s use of his own name to signal his Mexican identity in both editions of the poem.</p>

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Tradition and Topography in a Mexican Epic: Re-reading the sphragis of Alegre’s Alexandrias

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    2025年10月22日

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  • Vicente Flores Militello

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This article examines the sphragis in the closing lines of Book IV of the Alexandrias, an epic poem by the exiled Mexican Jesuit Francisco Xavier Alegre (1729–1788), published partially under pseudonyms in Italy in 1773 (2nd edition, 1776). Following a discussion of the poem’s seal and its classical models—Virgil’s Eclogues, X, and Georgics, III and IV, as well as Sannazaro’s De partu Virginis—the paper considers the thematic and historical significance of the locus amoenus as an evocation of a specific locality (the sanctuary of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico), the naming of the river of Guadalupe as ‘Anthius’ and the poet’s use of his own name to signal his Mexican identity in both editions of the poem.