Prudentius’ Crown of Martyrs

Len Krisak is the author of five books of poetry, Midland (1999), Fugitive Child (1999), Even as We Speak (2000), If Anything (2004), and Afterimage (2014); and of translations of Horace (Odes of Horace, 2006), Virgil (Virgil’s Eclogues, 2010), Ovid (Ovid’s Erotic Poems, 2014), and Rilke (Rilke’s New Poems, 2015). Among many honors, he is the recipient of the Robert Penn Warren Prize, the Richard Wilbur Award, and the Robert Frost Prize. His work has appeared widely in numerous venues, including Commonweal, Raritan, The Sewanee Review, The Hudson Review, Classical Outlook, and The Weekly Standard. He has taught at Brandeis University, Northeastern University, and Stonehill College (all in the US) and in 1995 was a four-time champion on Jeopardy!

Acknowledgements;

Abbreviations;

Introduction;

I. Historical Context; the Life of Prudentius; the Poet’s Output;

II. Historical, Literary, and Poetic Contexts of the Peristephanon;

III. Textual History and Reception;

IV. The Meters of the Peristephanon;

V. Principles of Translation;

The Peristephanon;

I. A Hymn in Honor of the Holy Martyrs Emeterius and Chelidonius of Calahorra;

II: A Hymn in Honor of the Passion of the Most Blessed Martyr Lawrence;

III: A Hymn in Honor of the Passion of the Most Blessed Martyr Eulalia;

IV: A Hymn in Honor of the Eighteen Holy Martyrs of Caesaraugusta;

V: The Passion of St. Vincent, Martyr;

VI: A Hymn in Honor of the Most Blessed Martyrs Fructuosus, Bishop of the Church of Tarraco and Augurius and Eulogius, Deacons;

VII: A Hymn in Honor of the Martyr Quirinus, Bishop of the Church of Siscia;

VIII: On a Site in Calagurris Where Martyrs Suffered and Where a Baptistery Is Now;

IX: The Passion of Saint Cassian of Forum Cornelii;

X: The Declarations of St. Romanus the Martyr Against the Pagans;

XI: To Bishop Valerian on the Passion of the Most Blessed Martyr Hippolytus;

XII: The Passion of the Apostles Peter and Paul;

XIII: The Passion of Cyprian;

XIV: The Passion of Agnes;

Bibliography;

Index