In Her Own Words by Brian P. Sowers - 9780674987371

In Her Own WordsThe Life and Poetry of Aelia Eudocia\nAuthor(s): Brian P. Sowers\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Harvard University Press, United States\nImprint: Harvard University Press\nISBN-13: 9780674987371, 978-0674987371\nSynopsis\nIn Her Own Words: The Life and Poetry of Aelia Eudocia is the first full-length study to examine Eudocias writings as a unified whole and to situate them within their wider fifth-century literary, social, and religious contexts. Responsible for over 3,000 lines of extant poetry, Eudocia is one of the best-preserved ancient female poets. Because she wrote in a literary mode frequently suppressed by proto-orthodox (male) leaders, much of her poetry does not survive, and what does survive remains understudied and underappreciated. This book represents a detailed investigation into Eudocias works: her epigraphic poem in honor of the therapeutic bath at Hammat Gader, her Homeric centoa poetic paraphrase of the Bible using lines from Homerand her epic on t.