Suggestioni classiche in 'Denier du reve' di Marguerite Yourcenar

This paper investigates the references to classical antiquity in Marguerite Yourcenar's 'Denier du reve', a novel set in Rome in 1933 whose final version was published in 1959. In 'Denier du reve' Yourcenar mentions or alludes to many aspects of the Greek and Roman past, such as sculpture, architecture, literature, myth, religion, and politics. These references cooperate in representing the mystery and the complexity that pervade the world of 'Denier du reve'.