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Combining faithfulness to the Latin with sensitivity to Prudentius' poetic qualities, Nicholas Richardson offers a precise yet creative verse translation of a major work by one of the most important Christian Latin poets of late antiquity. Prudentius' Hymns for Hours and Seasons provides readers with a wealth of material, which sets the life and output of this poet in its historical, religious and literary context, outlines manuscript and editorial details, discusses metrics and Latinity, and also gives a sense of the individual hymns of the Cathemerinon. The notes together with the introduction and text provide a comprehensive volume on one of the key works of later Latin poetry.
Table des matières
Introduction
I. Life of Prudentius
II. Poetic works
III. Liber Cathemerinon
IV. Historical context
V. Literary context
VI. Were these hymns intended to be sung?
VII. Language and style
VIII. Metre and prosody
IX. Reception and influence
X. Manuscripts and text
XI. The translation and notes
The Hymns
1. At Cock- Crow
2. Morning Hymn
3. Before a Meal
4. After a Meal
5. At the Lighting of the Lamp
6. Before Sleep
7. For those who Fast
8. After Fasting
9. For Every Hour
10. For the Burial of the Dead
11. For Christmas
12.For Epiphany
A propos de l'auteur
Nicholas Richardson is an Emeritus Fellow of Merton College, Oxford, where he was Tutor in Classics between 1968 and 2004. From 2004 to 2007 he was Warden of Greyfriars Hall, Oxford. His published work includes editions and commentaries on the four major
Homeric Hymns and the last four books of Homer's
Iliad, and articles on ancient literary criticism, Greek religion, and the relationship of classical with modern Greek and English literature.
