The Poetry of Ennodius

The Poetry of Ennodius offers the first translation into English verse of the entire eclectic corpus of sacred and secular poetry by Magnus Felix Ennodius (c. 474-521 ce), amply supplemented by detailed notes that elucidate the literary and cultural references essential for understanding this poet.

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Bret Mulligan is an Associate Professor of Classics at Haverford College in Haverford, Pennsylvania, USA. He is the author of Life of Hannibal by Cornelius Nepos (2013), The Crisis of Catiline: Rome, 63 BCE (2022), and works on late antique poetry, epigram, and the digital humanities.

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The Poetry of Ennodius offers the first translation into English verse of the entire eclectic corpus of sacred and secular poetry by Magnus Felix Ennodius (c. 474-521 ce), amply supplemented by detailed notes that elucidate the literary and cultural references essential for understanding this poet.

Inhalt

List of Figures; Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 1.1 Ennodius' life and career; 1.2 Historical Context, with Timeline; 1.3 The Works of Ennodius; 1.4 The Style of Ennodius; 1.5 Translator's remarks; 1.6 The Meters of Ennodius; 1.7 Deviations from Vogel's MGH text; 1.8 Concordance comparing the volume's numeration with those found in Hartel and Vogel; 1.9 Bibliography; 2. Poems; 2a General Preface; 2b Long Poems in Various Genres; 2c Hymns; 2d Bishops of Milan; 2e Epitaphs; 2f Epigraphic Poems; 2g Ekphrastic Poems; 2h Skoptic Poems; 2i Poems on Literary and Other Topics; 3. Appendices; 3a Ennodius' Epitaph; 3b Supplemental Letters; Index