Latin Epics of the New Testament: Juvencus, Sedulius, Arator"This pioneering study explores the phenomenon of Christian Latin epic in Late Antiquity. Roger Green carefully examines the poems of the three writers Juvencus, Sedulius, and Arator, who were among the leaders in a tradition of Bible epic that went on to include such poets as Milton and Klopstock. The importance of these early Christian epics lies in the fact that they attempted to present books of the New Testament in terms of the epic tradition, and so bridge the gap between the time-honoured works of the Graeco-Roman literary heritage, with their gods, heroes, and glorification of war, and the sacred texts of Christianity, available then to Latin readers only in a style that seemed the antithesis of all that Romans valued. Green reveals in detail the depth and variety of epic language, epic themes, and epic design, developed from Vergil, Lucan, and others, in these new but generally faithful presentations of the biblical books; but he also gives due weight to the fact that these authors are committed to particular agendas of the developing and expanding Christian Church."--BOOK JACKET. |
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Page 68
... death is not only underlined at the end of the book ( 4. 770 victorem leti , ' conqueror of death ' ; 4. 757 devicta morte , ' with death conquered ' ) , but fore- shadowed in various earlier additions , as at 2. 405 leti victor ...
... death is not only underlined at the end of the book ( 4. 770 victorem leti , ' conqueror of death ' ; 4. 757 devicta morte , ' with death conquered ' ) , but fore- shadowed in various earlier additions , as at 2. 405 leti victor ...
Page 206
... death , put off the ' covering of human flesh ' and so bear nothing changeable when he rose in his own , permanent , majesty.379 Nor was it without divine governance ( 177 ) that he refused the wine after briefly tasting it : he would ...
... death , put off the ' covering of human flesh ' and so bear nothing changeable when he rose in his own , permanent , majesty.379 Nor was it without divine governance ( 177 ) that he refused the wine after briefly tasting it : he would ...
Page 269
... Death perished by its very victory and the weight of its triumph ( 9-10 ) ; the conceit is different from CP 5. 284 ( ' Death perishes as mercy reigns ' ) , but the language is similar , though not so closely imitated as a phrase of ...
... Death perished by its very victory and the weight of its triumph ( 9-10 ) ; the conceit is different from CP 5. 284 ( ' Death perishes as mercy reigns ' ) , but the language is similar , though not so closely imitated as a phrase of ...
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