The Lament of the Virgin in the I Homeric Centos: An Early Threnos

Lefteratou, Anna

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“…13See e.g. Usher (1998), Pralon (2003), Sowers (2010), Lefteratou (2017), Lefteratou (2019), Lefteratou (forthcoming). …”

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ODYSSEAN MEDIATIONS IN EUDOCIA'SMARTYRDOM OF ST CYPRIAN

Praticò

2023

Camb. class. j.

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ὑμετέρης γενεῆς τε καὶ αἵματος εὔχομαι εἶναι (Eudocia's Laudes Antiochiae; cf. Il. 6.211, 20.241).1 The article argues that in Eudocia's fifth-century Martyrdom of St Cyprian – the only surviving Greek verse paraphrase of a hagiography – certain Odyssean lexical items and intertexts may be thematically grouped. A new category, the ‘diatext’, is introduced to describe this function of the Odyssey as an intermediate thematic model used to transpose the Cyprianic hagiographies (the ‘hypotext’) into Eudocia's verse paraphrase (the ‘hypertext’). A particularly important and complex example is the way in which Eudocia's metapoetic/narratorial and biographical alter ego, the ex-pagan Christian convert Cyprian, is modelled after Odysseus (especially in book 2).

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2023

Camb. class. j.

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The Homeric Centos

Lefteratou

2023

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The Homeric Centos, a poem that is Homeric in style and biblical in theme, is a dramatic illustration of the creative cultural and religious dialogue between Classical Antiquity and Christianity taking place in the Roman Empire during the fifth century ce. The text is attributed to Eudocia, the empress and poet who died exiled in the Holy Land ca. 460. With lines drawn verbatim from Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey, the poet begins with the Creation and Fall and ends with Jesus’ Resurrection and Ascension. In this blend of Homeric style andw Christian theme, there are also echoes of Classical and Classicizing literature, stretching from Homer and drama to imperial literature; equally prominent are echoes of earlier Christian verse models and theological works. This analysis focuses on the poem’s double inspiration from both classical and Christian traditions; emphasizes the prominent role of women; explores its relationship with the cultural milieu of the fifth century ce; and offers in-depth analysis of the scenes of Creation and Fall and Jesus’ Passion, Resurrection, and Ascension. This book exposes the work’s debt to centuries of Homeric reception and interpretation as well as Christian exegesis, and places it at the crossroads between Christian and pagan literary traditions.

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The Homeric Centos

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The Lament of the Virgin in the I Homeric Centos: An Early Threnos

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