Gregory of Nazianzus, autobiographical poems
By: translated and edited by Carolinne White.
Contributors: White, Carolinne.
Series: Cambridge medieval classics ;; 6
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 183
Subjects: Gregory, of Nazianzus, Saint -- Translations into English.; Gregory, of Nazianzus, Saint -- Poetry.; Christian poetry, Greek -- Translations into English.; Christian saints -- Turkey -- Biography -- Poetry.; Authors, Greek -- Biography -- Poetry.; Christian biography -- Poetry.; Autobiography -- Poetry.
Other titles: Autobiographical poems
Description: The autobiographical poems of Gregory of Nazianzus, fourth-century Father of the Greek Church, are remarkable not only for a highly individual picture of the Byzantine world but also for moments that are intimate, passionate and moving. This book contains Greek text and facing English translation of a selection from his one hundred or so surviving poems.

Gregory is best known for the five orations he gave in Constantinople but, De Vita Sua apart, his poems can only be read in a nineteenth-century Greek edition and have never before been translated into English. The selected poems highlight Gregory's spiritual outlook and also his poetics; Gregory shows his expertise in a variety of metres and literary dialects, deriving from his knowledge of classical Greek literature.

The substantial introduction provides biographical information against which to set the poems, focusing particularly on the years which Gregory spent in Constantinople.
Notes: Greek with English translation on facing pages.
Includes bibliographical references (p. viii-ix).