| Description |
1 online resource (xxix, 183 pages) |
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Cambridge medieval classics ; 6 |
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Cambridge medieval classics ; 6
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| Contents |
To his own verses (II 1.39) -- Concerning his own life (II 1.11) -- Complaint concerning his own calamities (II 1.19) -- On silence at the time of fasting (II 1.34) -- Epitaph and synopsis of his life (II 1.92) |
| Summary |
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 |
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The substantial introduction provides biographical information against which to set the poems, focusing particularly on the years which Gregory spent in Constantinople |
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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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages viii-ix) |
| Notes |
Greek with English translation on facing pages |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Gregory, of Nazianzus, Saint -- Poetry.
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Gregory, of Nazianzus, Saint -- Translations into English.
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Authors, Greek -- Biography -- Poetry.
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Autobiographical poetry, Greek -- Translations into English.
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Christian biography -- Poetry.
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Christian poetry, Greek -- Translations into English.
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Christian saints -- Turkey -- Biography -- Poetry.
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| Genre/Form |
Autobiographical poetry.
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Autobiographical poetry.
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Poetry.
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Translations.
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Poetry.
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Biographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
White, Carolinne.
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| ISBN |
0511519672 (electronic book) |
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9780511519673 (electronic book) |
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