Cillian O’hogan
Biographic Data
| ID | 2913435 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Cillian O’hogan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Cillian |
| FAMILY NAME | O’hogan |
| SIGNATURE | O’HOGAN C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Department of Classical Studies, University of Waterloo 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, ON, N2L 3G1 Canada [email protected] |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4645-9947 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 19 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Ancient Latin Poetry Books
BOOK REVIEWS/COMPTES RENDUS 351 sustained emphasis on continuities with nuanced and appreciative readings of late antique Latin poetry is a welcome challenge to a field that may just now be leaving behind its rebellious adolescent years. University of Waterloo Andrew Faulkner Ancient Latin Poetry Books: Materiality & Context. By Gabriel Nocchi Macedo. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press (New Texts from Ancient Cultures). 2021. Pp. xii, 365, 5…
Thirty Years of the ‘Jeweled Style’
In seventh-century Wiltshire, a scholar-monk began to write classicising Latin poetry. In bold terms he describes himself as the first of the Germanic peoples to write Latin poetry (‘neminem nostrae stirpis prosapia genitum et Germanicae gentis cunabulis confotum in huiuscemodi negotio [i.e. poetry] ante nostram mediocritatem tantopere desudasse’). His programmatic statements cite Virgil explicitly, and allude to Prudentius and Sedulius. His is a…
On the Track of the Books
Irish Versions of Virgil’s Eclogues and Georgics
Irish versions of the Eclogues and Georgics serve as another salient example of how culture and nationhood define themselves through Virgil. This chapter explores how Virgil has provided a way of navigating Irish identity and looks at the language choices in Irish translations that lead away from British classically infused literature and towards an alternative classical tradition. In particular, by examining Seamus Heaney’s translation of Eclogu…
Intertextual Journeys
The chapter explores the intertextual aspect of literary journeys. Late antique descriptions of journeys are as much indebted to the literary tradition as they are to ‘lived’ experience on the part of the narrator. Prudentius makes use of Vergil in the hymns to Eulalia, Hippolytus, and Cassian in the Peristephanon, in each of which he uses the Aeneid as a source-text to liken the journey of Eulalia and the pilgrim in Pe. 9 and 11 to Aeneas’ epic …
Conclusion
The conclusion provides a brief and succinct summary of the main themes, arguments, and findings of the book. The first two chapters explored the theme of travel in Prudentius’ poetry, from the view of both character and reader. The third and fourth chapters demonstrated Prudentius’ innovation in how he describes urban and rural locations, and the final chapter examined the poet’s description of works of art. Throughout the book, two major themes…
Prudentius and the Landscapes of Late Antiquity
This book takes a thematic approach to the poetry of the late Latin poet Prudentius, focusing in particular on his descriptions of the geographical and cultural landscapes of late antiquity. It is argued that the poet makes use of allusion to Augustan and early imperial Latin authors to present the late Roman landscape as one markedly altered by the arrival of Christianity, though retaining the grandeur of the pagan past. Prudentius is set in the…
Claudian, De Raptu Proserpinae 1.82 and Georgics 3.68
That Claudian imitates Virgil's Georgics in the De raptu Proserpinae is well known. Most of his allusions are restricted to Golden Age or Underworld imagery, largely from Books 1, 2, and 4. However, one imitation of the third Georgic that appears not to have been noted previously occurs at De raptu Proserpinae 1.82. The context is Claudian's famous description of Pluto enthroned: ipse rudi fultus solio nigraque uerendus maiestate sedet: squalent …
An Intertextual Journey in Prudentius, Peristephanon 9
This paper investigates the influence of the Aeneid on the ninth poem of Prudentius’ Peristephanon . In the poem, Prudentius is on his way to Rome when he discovers the tomb of St. Cassian, and an account of the saint’s passion follows. The framing narrative employs some of the conventions of pilgrimage literature, while the poem as a whole contains allusions to Vergil’s Aeneid , and I argue that through these allusions Prudentius models his jour…
Prudentius and the Landscapes of Late Antiquity
This book takes a thematic approach to the poetry of the late Latin poet Prudentius, focusing in particular on his descriptions of the geographical and cultural landscapes of late antiquity. It is argued that the poet makes use of allusion to Augustan and early imperial Latin authors to present the late Roman landscape as one markedly altered by the arrival of Christianity, though retaining the grandeur of the pagan past. Prudentius is set in the…
Thirty Years of the ‘Jeweled Style’
In seventh-century Wiltshire, a scholar-monk began to write classicising Latin poetry. In bold terms he describes himself as the first of the Germanic peoples to write Latin poetry (‘neminem nostrae stirpis prosapia genitum et Germanicae gentis cunabulis confotum in huiuscemodi negotio [i.e. poetry] ante nostram mediocritatem tantopere desudasse’). His programmatic statements cite Virgil explicitly, and allude to Prudentius and Sedulius. His is a…
An Intertextual Journey in Prudentius, Peristephanon 9
This paper investigates the influence of the Aeneid on the ninth poem of Prudentius’ Peristephanon . In the poem, Prudentius is on his way to Rome when he discovers the tomb of St. Cassian, and an account of the saint’s passion follows. The framing narrative employs some of the conventions of pilgrimage literature, while the poem as a whole contains allusions to Vergil’s Aeneid , and I argue that through these allusions Prudentius models his jour…
An Intertextual Journey in Prudentius, Peristephanon 9
This paper investigates the influence of the Aeneid on the ninth poem of Prudentius’ Peristephanon . In the poem, Prudentius is on his way to Rome when he discovers the tomb of St. Cassian, and an account of the saint’s passion follows. The framing narrative employs some of the conventions of pilgrimage literature, while the poem as a whole contains allusions to Vergil’s Aeneid , and I argue that through these allusions Prudentius models his jour…
Claudian, De Raptu Proserpinae 1.82 and Georgics 3.68
That Claudian imitates Virgil's Georgics in the De raptu Proserpinae is well known. Most of his allusions are restricted to Golden Age or Underworld imagery, largely from Books 1, 2, and 4. However, one imitation of the third Georgic that appears not to have been noted previously occurs at De raptu Proserpinae 1.82. The context is Claudian's famous description of Pluto enthroned: ipse rudi fultus solio nigraque uerendus maiestate sedet: squalent …
Intertextual Journeys
The chapter explores the intertextual aspect of literary journeys. Late antique descriptions of journeys are as much indebted to the literary tradition as they are to ‘lived’ experience on the part of the narrator. Prudentius makes use of Vergil in the hymns to Eulalia, Hippolytus, and Cassian in the Peristephanon, in each of which he uses the Aeneid as a source-text to liken the journey of Eulalia and the pilgrim in Pe. 9 and 11 to Aeneas’ epic …
Conclusion
The conclusion provides a brief and succinct summary of the main themes, arguments, and findings of the book. The first two chapters explored the theme of travel in Prudentius’ poetry, from the view of both character and reader. The third and fourth chapters demonstrated Prudentius’ innovation in how he describes urban and rural locations, and the final chapter examined the poet’s description of works of art. Throughout the book, two major themes…
Prudentius and the Landscapes of Late Antiquity
This book takes a thematic approach to the poetry of the late Latin poet Prudentius, focusing in particular on his descriptions of the geographical and cultural landscapes of late antiquity. It is argued that the poet makes use of allusion to Augustan and early imperial Latin authors to present the late Roman landscape as one markedly altered by the arrival of Christianity, though retaining the grandeur of the pagan past. Prudentius is set in the…
Irish Versions of Virgil’s Eclogues and Georgics
Irish versions of the Eclogues and Georgics serve as another salient example of how culture and nationhood define themselves through Virgil. This chapter explores how Virgil has provided a way of navigating Irish identity and looks at the language choices in Irish translations that lead away from British classically infused literature and towards an alternative classical tradition. In particular, by examining Seamus Heaney’s translation of Eclogu…
Thirty Years of the ‘Jeweled Style’
In seventh-century Wiltshire, a scholar-monk began to write classicising Latin poetry. In bold terms he describes himself as the first of the Germanic peoples to write Latin poetry (‘neminem nostrae stirpis prosapia genitum et Germanicae gentis cunabulis confotum in huiuscemodi negotio [i.e. poetry] ante nostram mediocritatem tantopere desudasse’). His programmatic statements cite Virgil explicitly, and allude to Prudentius and Sedulius. His is a…
On the Track of the Books
Ancient Latin Poetry Books
BOOK REVIEWS/COMPTES RENDUS 351 sustained emphasis on continuities with nuanced and appreciative readings of late antique Latin poetry is a welcome challenge to a field that may just now be leaving behind its rebellious adolescent years. University of Waterloo Andrew Faulkner Ancient Latin Poetry Books: Materiality & Context. By Gabriel Nocchi Macedo. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press (New Texts from Ancient Cultures). 2021. Pp. xii, 365, 5…
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