Hymns of Prudentius
The Cathemerinon, or, The daily round
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Author
Publication
1996 - Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, United Kingdom
Language
English
Word Count
15,250 words, Guess
Page Count
61 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL22313676M
- ISBN-100801854121
- OCLC Control Number33971921
- OCLC Control Numberhymnsofprudentiu0000prud
- Library of Congress Control Number95051277
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- Goodreads708722
- LibraryThing9559456
Classifications
- DDC874/.01
- LCCPA6648.P6
Description
A pioneer in the creation of a Christian literature, Prudentius is generally regarded as the greatest of the Christian Latin poets, and his legacy informed the work of future poets, among them George Herbert and John Donne. Prudentius wrote two collections of hymns: the Cathemerinon Liber and the Peristephanon. The former, a collection of twelve songs - in English, "The Daily Round" - is translated here by David Slavitt. Essentially literary in nature, the hymns replaced mythology of the classical mode with stories from the Scriptures and enjoyed immense popularity and success for centuries in the liturgy of the church.
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