Verses szenvedéstörténetek. Lyoni Szent Eucherius: Az agaunumi mártírok szenvedéstörténetének időmértékes parafrázisai
Poetry and Suffering: Metrical Paraphrases of Eucherius of Lyons’ Passio Acaunensium Martyrum

Summary/Abstract: This article analyses the poetic paraphrases of Eucherius of Lyons’ Passio Acaunensium Martyrum by Venantius Fortunatus, Walafrid Strabo, and Sigebert de Gembloux. Eucherius’ brief prose narrative had a rich textual transmission and manifested its influence both in places of worship and a rich iconographic tradition up to the late Middle Ages. A further aspect of the Passio’s reception manifests itself in various versifications of this story that have so far hardly attracted any attention. The paper explores the poetic technique, literary intention, and socio-historical context of the metrical rewritings and highlights the most important changes in the paraphrases in comparison with their prose hypotext. Particular attention will be paid to what extent one can observe specific exegetical additions only possible because of the versification, and significant changes as regards the paraphrastic technique and characteristics through the ages, namely, from late antiquity to the Middle Ages, as exemplified by the selected authors.

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