Prudentius
By: with an English translation by H. J. Thomson
Contributors: Thomson, Henry John
Series: The Loeb classical library -- 387, 398
Publisher: Harvard University Press; W. Heinemann, 1969-1979
Published: 1969
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass; London
Language: eng; mul; lat
Number of pages: 400
Description: Prudentius (born 348 CE) used allegory and classical Latin verse forms in the service of Christianity. His works include the Psychomachia, an allegorical description of the struggle between (Christian) virtues and (pagan) vices; lyric poetry; and--a valuable source on Christian iconography--poetic inscriptions for biblical scenes on the walls of a church.
Notes: Latin text, parallel English translation

First printed 1949-1953

Includes bibliography and index
Table of contents: title: v.1 Introduction. Praefatio. Liber Cathemerinon. Apotheosis. Hamartigenia. Psychomachia. Contra orationem Symmachi, liber 1; title: v.2 Contra Orationem Symmachi, Liber 2. Peristephanon liber. Tituli historiarum (Dittochaeon). Epilogus