Allusion without End (3)
One-upping the Romans in Christian epic.
One-upping the Romans in Christian epic.
Back with another new poem, this time Greek Anthology 1.43. The previous poem dealt with the magi coming from the East; this one is on the Massacre of the Holy…
An original translation of a fifth century Latin hymn.
At long last, we bring to a close a translation begun in the first week of December. Below you will find the final two verses of Sedulius’s A solis ortus…
This is the penultimate post of the translation of Sedulius’s A solis ortus cardine. It covers three verses (T, V, X), but, because of differences in the Roman and English…
Sedulius is back with three more verses. Today we have three more miracles (Q, R, S): the raising of Lazarus (John 11); the healing of the woman with an issue…
He’s a day late, but Sedulius is back and he’s got three more verses to add (N, O, P). All three verses this week are about Christ’s miracles: the turning…
We’re back this week with three more verses from Sedulius’s A solis ortus cardine (K, L, M). The timing works out well, because the “K” verse is about the Holy…
