Panegyricus de Sexto Consulatu Honorii Augusti

Download or read book Panegyricus de Sexto Consulatu Honorii Augusti written by Claudius Claudianus and published by Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York ; Toronto : Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Claudian is often called the last poet of the classical tradition. This edition of his last extant work offers a newly edited text with facing English translation. A superb example of the literature of late antiquity, it records in exquisite verse the splendor of the western imperial court and serves as a historical witness to the events and attitudes of the last years of the Roman empire. The introduction and commentary analyze the historical background and, more importantly, Claudian's language, style, imagery, and use of other Greek and Latin sources.