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. 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
Biography
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!
