Women Writing Latin: From Roman Antiquity to Early Modern Europe, Volume 1Laurie J. Churchill, Phyllis Rugg Brown, J. Elizabeth Jeffrey This book is part of a 3-volume anthology of women's writing in Latin from antiquity to the early modern era. Each volume provides texts, contexts, and translations of a wide variety of works produced by women, including dramatic, poetic, and devotional writing. Volume One covers the age of Roman Antiquity and early Christianity. |
Contents
An Introduction to Epigraphic Poetry | 25 |
Womens Graffiti from Pompeii | 67 |
The Fragment of Martials Sulpicia | 85 |
The Vindolanda Letters from Claudia Severa | 94 |
Mystic and Martyr | 103 |
A Virgilian Cento in Praise of Christ | 131 |
Inscriptions on Fabia Aconia Paulina | 151 |
A Pilgrims Journey | 165 |
Appendix | 183 |
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