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Aspects religieux et charismatiques du pouvoir dans les poèmes officiels de Claudien
Religious and mystical aspects of power in Claudian’s court poems

Author(s): Vincent Zarini
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature
Published by: Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: Claudius Claudianus; Late Latin poetry; Late Antiquity; Power and mystics; Poetry and politics

Summary/Abstract: This paper deals with mystical aspects of power in Claudian’s court poems: the masters of the Roman Empireget some holiness from beauty, shining, immortality among the stars, and victory; prodigia and omina confirm it.

  • Issue Year: XXV/2015
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 53-71
  • Page Count: 19
  • Language: French
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