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Prudentius
Geburtstag: 348
Todesdatum: 413
Aurelius Prudentius Clemens, deutsch Prudenz, war ein christlich-spätantiker Dichter.
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„Auch der Verstand hat seine Wolken.“
— Prudentius
Über den Ursprung der Sünde (Hamartigenia)
„Jedes Volk hat seine eigene Sitte.“
— Prudentius
Gedichte gegen Symmachus (Contra Symmachum)
„Fervent bella horrida, fervent
ossibus inclusa fremit et discordibus armis
non simplex natura hominis.“
— Prudentius
War rages, horrid war<br/>Even in our bones; our double nature sounds<br/>With armèd discord.
Psychomachia, line 902; translation from C. S. Lewis The Allegory of Love (London: Oxford University Press, [1936] 1975) p. 72.
„Take him, earth, for cherishing,
To thy tender breast receive him.
Body of a man I bring thee,
Noble even in its ruin.“
— Prudentius
"Hymnus X: Ad Exequias Defuncti", line 125 ; translation from Helen Waddell Mediaeval Latin Lyrics (London: Constable, [1929] 1943) p. 45.
„Take, O take him, mighty Leader,
Take again thy servant's soul,
To the house from which he wandered
Exiled, erring, long ago.“
— Prudentius
"Hymnus X: Ad Exequias Defuncti", line 165; translation from Helen Waddell Mediaeval Latin Lyrics (London: Constable, [1929] 1943) p. 47.
