Kaiser Konstantin als Leser
Panegyrik, performance und Poetologie in den carmina Optatians
Abstract
To honor the 20th year of his reign, Emperor Constantine was given what may be the most precious gift of his lifetime: a codex of artistic panegyrics and odes dedicated to him by the poet Optatianus. Optatianus’ poems showcase the poetic talent of their creator and go beyond the classical confines of a panegyric: they form a literary invitation to an intellectual bond between laudator and laudandus.
Keywords
Panegyric; Visual poetry; Late Antiquity; PerformativityDOI
10.1515/9783110657029ISBN
9783110657029, 9783110655322, 9783110655711, 9783110657029Publisher
De GruyterPublisher website
https://www.degruyter.com/Publication date and place
Berlin/Boston, 2019Series
Millennium-Studien / Millennium Studies, 77Classification
Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval
Ancient history