Selected poems of Gregory of Nazianzus

St. Gregory of Nazianzus' (circa AD 330-390) classicizing Christian verse is the earliest Greek verse of its kind that survives in any great quantity. This is a critical edition, with introduction and commentary, of four poems (I.2.17; II.1.10, 19, 32). The commentary is primarily linguistic, but attention is paid to historical and theological matters. The poems' fate in Byzantium is also examined and three Byzantine paraphrases are edited in an appendix. The introduction examines features of Gregory's poetry in general. Gregory was an enthusiastic reader of Callimachus and his use of poetic allusion deserves special attention.

Year

2009

Language

English

Series

Hypomnemata -- Bd. 177

Publisher

Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht

Editions

1

Pages

284

ISBN

9783525252871

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