oa La caduta dei re: Fedra e Ippolito banalizzati (Apul., met. X, 2-12)

This article aims to confirm that, in the remarking a fabula, the selection of separate segments of the action and above all their plot makes functional connections emerge, that organize the various texts in a different way. The purpose of this paper is to underline that the rereading sets the mythical archetypes to the winnowing of the interpretative rules of the reality, often new and diversified, due to the passing of time. The conclusion shows that Apuleius becomes banal the characters of the thematic nucleus to high anthropological concentration, that is the new Phaedra and the new Hippolitus of met. X 2-12, under the influence not only of the declamations, but also of the mimes, above all of Decimus Laberius.