Poems, Volume 2
Poems, Volume 2
Translated by SISTER M. CLEMENT EAGAN
Copyright Date: 1965
Published by: Catholic University of America Press
https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt32b04s
Pages: 234
https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt32b04s
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  1. Front Matter
    Front Matter (pp. i-vi)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt32b04s.1
  2. Table of Contents
    Table of Contents (pp. vii-viii)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt32b04s.2
  3. INTRODUCTION
    INTRODUCTION (pp. ix-x)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt32b04s.3

    This is the second of the two volumes into which the present translation of the poems of Prudentius has been divided, as was indicated in the Introduction to Volume 1. The previous volume, Volume 43 of this Series, contained the two books of hymns: the Liber Cathemerinon, ‘Book of Hymns for Every Day,’ and the Liber Peristephanon, ‘Book of the Martyrs’ Crowns.’ These lyric poems are written in a variety of Latin classical meters.

    The present volume contains the didactic and apologetic works of Prudentius, the Apotheosis, Hamartigenia, Psychomachia, and Contra Symmachum, all long poems written in dactylic hexameters and...

  4. THE DIVINITY OF CHRIST (APOTHEOSIS)
    THE DIVINITY OF CHRIST (APOTHEOSIS) (pp. 3-40)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt32b04s.4

    Trinity highest is God, three in person and one in His essence; Wisdom born of the Father’s heart is His Son and beloved, And the Spirit all Holy proceeds from that fountain eternal. Neither older in time is the Father, nor greater in Godhead, For from Himself the eternal God all-knowing engendered 5 That Divine Word through whom all created things have their being.¹

    While to beget the Word is alone the work of the Father, To the Word it belongs to save man by assuming his nature, To make amends for him to the Father and bring him to...

  5. THE ORIGIN OF SIN (HAMARTIGENIA)
    THE ORIGIN OF SIN (HAMARTIGENIA) (pp. 43-76)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt32b04s.5
  6. THE SPIRITUAL COMBAT (PSYCHOMACHIA)
    THE SPIRITUAL COMBAT (PSYCHOMACHIA) (pp. 79-110)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt32b04s.6
  7. AGAINST SYMMACHUS (CONTRA SYMMACHUM) Book One
    AGAINST SYMMACHUS (CONTRA SYMMACHUM) Book One (pp. 113-136)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt32b04s.7
  8. AGAINST SYMMACHUS (CONTRA SYMMACHUM) Book Two
    AGAINST SYMMACHUS (CONTRA SYMMACHUM) Book Two (pp. 139-176)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt32b04s.8
  9. SCENES FROM SACRED HISTORY, OR TWOFOLD NOURISHMENT (TITULI HISTORIARUM, QUI ‘DITTOCHAEI’ NOMINE CIRCUMFERUNTUR)
    SCENES FROM SACRED HISTORY, OR TWOFOLD NOURISHMENT (TITULI HISTORIARUM, QUI ‘DITTOCHAEI’ NOMINE CIRCUMFERUNTUR) (pp. 179-196)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt32b04s.9
  10. EPILOGUE
    EPILOGUE (pp. 199-200)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt32b04s.10
  11. INDICES
    INDICES (pp. 203-224)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt32b04s.11
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