Passeggiando con Glauco a Venezia. Una mitologia contemporanea

The contribution focuses on the image of Venice that emerges from literature, cinema, and TV series in recent decades. Three cultural models are identified and defined with three figures taken from Greek mythology: Dionysus (1980-2000), which was the time of a Venice immersed in luxury and lust; Narcissus (2000-2020), which was the time of a different, private Venice, seemingly far from its most well-known image; and Glaucus (2020-present), in which Venice becomes a meeting point for universal archetypes valid for the whole world.