Roger P.H.) Green - Sidonius Apollinaris Complete Poems : 76 - Hardbac

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The Author Name is Roger P.H.) Green
The Title is Sidonius Apollinaris Complete Poems : 76

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Sidonius Apollinaris was an inhabitant of southern Roman Gaul in the mid fifth centuryAD, when it was threatened by invasions from beyond the boundaries of the RomanEmpire and by competing warlords. His many poetic works include three panegyrics to emperors at the beginnings of their reigns these are carefully translated and annotated, and provided with comment and synopses. His multiple shorter poems, in a variety of metres, are translated into good and lively English and given separate introductions and notes of various kinds, historical and literary. There is anextensive and informative introduction to the whole work. This book by Roger Green, a lifelong expert in Late Antiquity, gives a firsthand account of the politicalstrife and manoeuvring of the times but also a vivid picture of the lives of Sidonius's like-minded friends in an almost post-Roman episode of Rome's existence. Sidonius was read widely in the Middle Ages, with a golden age in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries and also in the fifteenth century revival of Late Antique literature. Today his poetry will awaken new study and interest, without the archaism of many older translations and with a fresh and updated approach to many issues.

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