Claudian

De Raptu Proserpinae

Bibliographic Data

ID23813271
AuthorsClaudius Claudianus, Claudian [Claudius Claudianus], Claudian Claudius Claudianus (corresponding author)
EditorsClaire Gruzelier
Year1993
Pages309
Publication date1993-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueDe raptu Proserpinae (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherOxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1093/actrade/9780198147770.book.1
OpenAlexW3142635506
ISBN9780198147770
Open LibraryOL1714903M
LanguageEN
Citations received23

Claudian was one of the last great Latin poets of the classical tradition, writing at the imperial court in Milan in the late fourth to early fifth century AD. With the current upsurge of research into late antiquity, he is a figure of great interest who has been undeservedly neglected - a creative artist with an immense knowledge of classical literature and a distinctive literary style. His works have been mined for what they reveal about the history of the period, as he largely wrote political propaganda for members of the court circle; but the De Raptu Proserpinae is fascinating in that it shows him working with subject matter of more personal choice. J. B. Hall has already produced two editions of the work, which deal exhaustively with the complicated manuscript traditions; but he self-confessedly leaves aside literary questions, which are the subject of this commentary. This is therefore the first study to look at the poem as a work of literary interest in its own right. The book includes a text designed to simplify Hall's apparatus, and a facing translation to make the work more accessible to non-specialists.

Political science · Classical Antiquity Studies · Classical Studies and Legal History · Art and mythology · Claudius Claudianus · Mythology, Roman · Poetry · Proserpina (Roman deity) · Translations into English

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