The Shadows of Poetry: Vergil in the Mind of AugustineImperial ceremony was a vital form of self-expression for late antique society. Sabine MacCormack examines the ceremonies of imperial arrivals, funerals, and coronations from the late third to the late sixth centuries A.D., as manifest in the official literature and art of the time. Her study offers us new insights into the exercise of power and into the social, political, and cultural significance of religious change during the Christianization of the Roman world. |
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... authors who defined what was worth understanding and why, and he used Vergil in formulating many of his own arguments. In The Shadows of Poetry, Sabine MacCormack skillfully captures the intellectual and religious encounter between ...
... authors who defined what was worth understanding and why, and he used Vergil in formulating many of his own arguments. In The Shadows of Poetry, Sabine MacCormack skillfully captures the intellectual and religious encounter between ...
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... authors who defined what was worth understanding and why , and he used Vergil in formulating many of his own arguments . In The Shadows of Poetry , Sabine MacCormack skillfully captures the intellectual and religious encounter between ...
... authors who defined what was worth understanding and why , and he used Vergil in formulating many of his own arguments . In The Shadows of Poetry , Sabine MacCormack skillfully captures the intellectual and religious encounter between ...
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... authors who defined for him what was worth understanding and why . Much of Augustine's writing was occasioned by the events of his time , and he also wrote to review his own experiences . His search for a career , his involvement with ...
... authors who defined for him what was worth understanding and why . Much of Augustine's writing was occasioned by the events of his time , and he also wrote to review his own experiences . His search for a career , his involvement with ...
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... authors , the following topics must be covered : the life of the poet , the title of the work , the nature of the poem , the intention of the writer , the number of books , their order , and their exegesis . " 8 In this context ...
... authors , the following topics must be covered : the life of the poet , the title of the work , the nature of the poem , the intention of the writer , the number of books , their order , and their exegesis . " 8 In this context ...
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... authors are set down , either with or without 46. Donatus , Vita ( ed . Hardie ) 39-42 , pp . 15-16 ; see also Aulus Gellius , Noctes Atticae XVII . 10.7 , on Vergil's request to his friends ut Aeneida , quam nondum satis elimavisset ...
... authors are set down , either with or without 46. Donatus , Vita ( ed . Hardie ) 39-42 , pp . 15-16 ; see also Aulus Gellius , Noctes Atticae XVII . 10.7 , on Vergil's request to his friends ut Aeneida , quam nondum satis elimavisset ...
Contents
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The Scent of a Rose Language and Grammar between Pagans and Christians | 41 |
The Tears Run Down in Vain Emotions Soul and Body | 85 |
Gods of Our Homeland The Nature of True and False Worship | 128 |
The High Walls of Rome The City on Earth and the Heavenly City | 171 |
Epilogue | 221 |
Select Bibliography | 229 |
Index of Ancient and Late Antique Texts | 247 |
General Index | 251 |
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