Metafizyka i metaforyka poezji Kasji (IX w.)
The Metaphysics and the Metaphorics of Cassia’ s Poetry (9th c.)
Author(s): Agnieszka HeszenSubject(s): Literary Texts, History of Church(es), Poetry, Eastern Orthodoxy
Published by: Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II - Instytut Filologii Klasycznej
Keywords: Cassia ; troparion ; Bizantine spirituality ; anchorite ; ascetic ; converted harlot
Summary/Abstract: In this article I analyze some troparions of Cassia, a nun and poetess living in the 9th century in Constantinople, towards the end of the iconoclastic controversy. Her hymns dedicated to the saints, anchorites, ascetics and converted harlots are the examples of beautiful literary metaphors. By means of them, the author leads the recipient to what is unearthly, metaphysical and divine. Especially Cassia likes to describe the women, former prostitutes, who after their conversion were living repentant lives in the desert. Cassia in a very imaginative way depicts the condition of their souls and the love to Christ. Additionally, the poetess underlines the role of the woman in the human salvation, of the Mother of God of course, what is an allusion to the „Triumph of Orthodoxy” and the role of Byzantine empresses to defeat iconoclasts.
Journal: Littera Antiqua
- Issue Year: 2014
- Issue No: 9
- Page Range: 10-31
- Page Count: 22
- Language: Polish
