Ausonius Grammaticus : : The Christening of Philology in the Late Roman West / / Lionel Yaceczko.

The present volume describes the rich and complex world in which Ausonius (c. 310–395) lived and worked, from his humble beginnings as a schoolteacher in Bordeaux, to the heights of his influence as quaestor to the Emperor Gratian, at a time of unsettling social and religious change. As a teacher an...

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Place / Publishing House:Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2021]
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Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
Series:Gorgias Studies in Early Christianity and Patristics ; 78
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Physical Description:1 online resource (253 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • TABLE OF CONTENTS
  • LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
  • PREFACE
  • Chapter One. Introduction: Ausonius, Biography, and Personal Poetry in the Fourth Century
  • Chapter Two. New Wine in Old Wineskins: Grammar, Rhetoric, and the Establishment of a Christian Culture
  • Chapter Three. Ausonius of Bordeaux: Old Wine in Old Wineskins
  • Chapter Four. Ausonius of Trier: The Mosella as Poetry of Court and Campaign
  • Chapter Five. Ausonius of Rome: The Cupido Cruciatus as Personal Poetry in the Classical Tradition
  • Chapter Six. Iugum Discutimus: Ausonius, Paulinus, and Henri Irénée Marrou
  • Conclusion. From φιλόλογοι to θεολόγοι: Word-lovers to Worshipers of the Word
  • Bibliography
  • Index