Gregory of Nazianzus: Autobiographical Poems

by Gregory of Nazianzus, Carolinne White (Editor)

Overview

The autobiographical poems of Gregory of Nazianzus, fourth-century Father of the Greek Church, are remarkable not only for a highly individual picture of the Byzantine world but also for moments that are intimate, passionate and moving. This book contains Greek text and facing English translation of a selection from his one hundred or so surviving poems. Gregory is best known for the five orations he gave in Constantinople. Except for the poem "De Vita Sua," his work can only be read in a nineteenth-century edition and has never before been translated into English.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521472814
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	12/05/1996
Series:	Cambridge Medieval Classics , #6
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	216
Product dimensions:	5.70(w) x 8.60(h) x 0.90(d)

Table of Contents

Introduction; 1. To his own verses (II.1.39); 2. Concerning his own life (II.1.11); 3. Complaint concerning his own calamities (II.1.19); 4. On silence at the time of fasting (II.1.34); Epitaph and synopsis of his life (II.1.92).