Kaiser Konstantin als Leser
Panegyrik, performance und Poetologie in den carmina Optatians
Author(s)
Körfer, Anna-Lena
Language
GermanAbstract
To honor the 20th year of his reign, Emperor Constantine was given what may be the most precious gift of his lifetime: a codex of artistic panegyrics and odes dedicated to him by the poet Optatianus. Optatianus’ poems showcase the poetic talent of their creator and go beyond the classical confines of a panegyric: they form a literary invitation to an intellectual bond between laudator and laudandus.
Keywords
Panegyric; Visual poetry; Late Antiquity; PerformativityISBN
9783110657029, 9783110655322, 9783110655711Publisher
De GruyterPublisher website
http://www.degruyter.com/Publication date and place
Berlin/Boston, 2019Series
Millennium-Studien / Millennium Studies,Classification
Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval
Ancient history