TY - BOOK ID - 68790424 TI - In her own words : the life and poetry of Aelia Eudocia AU - Sowers, Brian P. AU - Center for Hellenic Studies PY - 2020 SN - 9780674987371 0674987373 PB - Cambridge (Mass.) : Harvard university press, DB - UniCat KW - Christian poetry, Greek KW - Christian poetry, Greek. KW - History and criticism. KW - Eudocia, KW - Criticism and interpretation. KW - Greek Christian poetry KW - Greek poetry KW - History and criticism KW - Ailia Eudokia, KW - Athenais, KW - Eudocia, Aelia Augusta, KW - Eudokia, KW - Afinaida-Evdokii︠a︡, KW - Evdokii︠a︡, KW - E-books KW - Eudocie-Athénaïs (Aelia Eudocia), femme de Théodose II KW - Eudocia, - Empress, consort of Theodosius II, Emperor of the East, - -460 UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:68790424 AB - "In Her Own Words: The Life and Poetry of Aelia Eudocia is the first full-length study to examine Eudocia's 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 Eudocia's works: her epigraphic poem in honor of the therapeutic bath at Hammat Gader, her Homeric cento--a poetic paraphrase of the Bible using lines from Homer--and her epic on the fictional magician-turned-Christian, Cyprian of Antioch. Reading her poetry as a whole and in context, Eudocia emerges as an exceptional author representing three unique late-antique communities: poets interested in preserving and transforming classical literature; Christians whose religious views positioned them outside and against traditional power structures; and women who challenged social, religious, and literary boundaries"-- ER -