Poems of Optatian: Puzzling out the Past in the Time of Constantine the Great 9781350374379

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Автор: Linda Jones Hall
Название: Poems of Optatian: Puzzling out the Past in the Time of Constantine the Great
ISBN: 9781350374379
Издательство: Bloomsbury Academic
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Поэтическое творчество отдельных поэтов

ISBN-10: 1350374377
Обложка/Формат: Hardback
Страницы: 256
Вес: 0.54 кг.
Дата издания: 11.01.2024
Язык: English
Иллюстрации: 23 bw illus
Размер: 163 x 242 x 23
Ключевые слова: Classical texts,Puzzles & quizzes, FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / Latin,GAMES & ACTIVITIES / Puzzles,LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Ancient & Classical
Подзаголовок: Puzzling out the past in the time of constantine the great
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Поставляется из: Англии
Описание: For the first time, the poems and accompanying letters of Publilius Optatianus Porfyrius (Optatian) are published here with a translation and detailed commentary, along with a full introduction to Optatian’s work during this period.Optatian was sent into exile by Constantine sometime after the Emperor’s ascent to power in Rome in 312 AD. Hoping to receive pardon, Optatian sent a gift of probably twenty design poems to Constantine around the time of the ruler’s twentieth anniversary (325/326 AD). To enable the reader to experience the multiple messages of the poems, the Latin text is presented near the English translation with any related design close by. Some poems, laid out on a grid of up to 35 letters across and down, have an interwoven poem marking key letters in the primary poem, thereby revealing a highlighted image. Some designs include the Chi-Rho or numerals created from V’s and X’s to mark imperial anniversaries. Other (previously unrecognised) designs seem to represent senatorial, imperial, military or bureaucratic motifs or to derive from coin images. Shape poems representing a water organ, an altar and a panpipe reveal their relevance immediately. The introduction and commentary elucidate literary allusions from over 100 authors (lines from Vergil, Ovid, Lucan, Silius Italicus, Statius, and lesser-known writers abound) and mythological references, mostly to the Muses and Apollo. Optatian’s prestige as an official in both Greece and Rome is well attested - these poems mark Optatian as a fascinating writer of his time, holding onto the classical past while acknowledging Christian symbolism.

Poems of Optatian: Puzzling out the Past in the Time of Constantine the Great, Linda Jones Hall