Tatiana Alexandrova
Biographic Data
| ID | 10224782 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tatiana Alexandrova |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tatiana |
| FAMILY NAME | Alexandrova |
| SIGNATURE | ALEXANDROVA T |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Tartu |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1967 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The epigraphic poetry of the Pope Damasus
The paper includes latin text and commented poetic translation of the epigrams by Damasus I (305–384), who was the bishop of Rome from 366 to 384 The collection numbers more than 60 epigrams (the autencity of some of them is under the question).Damasus came to power during the period of the Church troubles and had many adversaries, so he skillfully used his literary gift for the strengthening of his authority. Almost all of his literary legacy wa…
The orphic poem about stones ("Lithica")
The paper represents a literary translation of the late ancient poem “Lithica” (“On stones”). Scholars date the poem by the period from 2nd to 4th centuries. Along with the “Orphic Argonautica” the “Litica” is a part of the Orphic corpus. From the point of view of the genre it is a lapidary in verse (a literary work about stones, mostly precious and unusual). Lapidaries were very popular in the epoch of late antiquity and Middle age. The author o…
The Orphic Argonautica
The publication presents a literary translation of the late Antique poem “Orphic Argonautica”, approximately dating from the 4th –5th centuries AD. This is a pseudepigraph, the author of which deliberately hid his name by signing the poem with the name of the mythical singer Orpheus. Along with the “Lithica”, the “Orphic Argonautica” is one of the two epic poems included in the corpus of orphic texts. From other versions of the epic on the plot o…
Triphiodorus. The sack of Ilion
This article contains a poetical translation of the epic poem by the late-ancient poet Triphiodorus, The Sack of Ilion. For a long time, Triphiodorus had been considered as a poet of “the school of Nonnus” and as his epigone, and his lifetime had been dated to the end of the 5th — beginning of the 6th century. But after the publication in 1972 of the Oxyrhynchus Papyrus of the 3th century containing a few lines by Triphiodorus, it became clear th…
John of Gaza. Ekphrasis of a cosmic painting
This publication represents a poetic translation into Russian of the poem by John of Gaza (1st half of the 6th century AD) Ekphrasis of the Picture of the Universe. The poem consists of 732 verses and contains a picturesque description of more than 50 allegorical fi gures depicting personalised natural phenomena. It is supposed to be a description of a real mosaic or fresco, which was placed, as the scholiast’s note informs us, in the winter bath…
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John of Gaza. Ekphrasis of a cosmic painting
This publication represents a poetic translation into Russian of the poem by John of Gaza (1st half of the 6th century AD) Ekphrasis of the Picture of the Universe. The poem consists of 732 verses and contains a picturesque description of more than 50 allegorical fi gures depicting personalised natural phenomena. It is supposed to be a description of a real mosaic or fresco, which was placed, as the scholiast’s note informs us, in the winter bath…
Triphiodorus. The sack of Ilion
This article contains a poetical translation of the epic poem by the late-ancient poet Triphiodorus, The Sack of Ilion. For a long time, Triphiodorus had been considered as a poet of “the school of Nonnus” and as his epigone, and his lifetime had been dated to the end of the 5th — beginning of the 6th century. But after the publication in 1972 of the Oxyrhynchus Papyrus of the 3th century containing a few lines by Triphiodorus, it became clear th…
The Orphic Argonautica
The publication presents a literary translation of the late Antique poem “Orphic Argonautica”, approximately dating from the 4th –5th centuries AD. This is a pseudepigraph, the author of which deliberately hid his name by signing the poem with the name of the mythical singer Orpheus. Along with the “Lithica”, the “Orphic Argonautica” is one of the two epic poems included in the corpus of orphic texts. From other versions of the epic on the plot o…
The orphic poem about stones ("Lithica")
The paper represents a literary translation of the late ancient poem “Lithica” (“On stones”). Scholars date the poem by the period from 2nd to 4th centuries. Along with the “Orphic Argonautica” the “Litica” is a part of the Orphic corpus. From the point of view of the genre it is a lapidary in verse (a literary work about stones, mostly precious and unusual). Lapidaries were very popular in the epoch of late antiquity and Middle age. The author o…
The epigraphic poetry of the Pope Damasus
The paper includes latin text and commented poetic translation of the epigrams by Damasus I (305–384), who was the bishop of Rome from 366 to 384 The collection numbers more than 60 epigrams (the autencity of some of them is under the question).Damasus came to power during the period of the Church troubles and had many adversaries, so he skillfully used his literary gift for the strengthening of his authority. Almost all of his literary legacy wa…
Art (4 works) · History (3 works) · Literature (3 works) · Poetry (3 works) · Byzantine Studies and History (2 works) · Classical Antiquity Studies (2 works) · Historical and Religious Studies of Rome (2 works) · Ancient Egypt and Archaeology (1 work) · Ancient history (1 work) · Art history (1 work)