Claudian de raptu Proserpinae
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Claudian

de raptu Proserpinae

prose

The rape of Proserpina — Claudian's retelling of the myth of Persephone's abduction by Pluto. Unfinished, but what survives is some of the most accomplished mythological epic of late antiquity.

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Books

  • 1
    Book 1

    A book of Claudian's mythological epic on the abduction of Proserpina by Pluto — the last great narrative poem in the classical Latin tradition.

    300 lines
  • 2
    Book 2

    A book of Claudian's mythological epic on the abduction of Proserpina by Pluto — the last great narrative poem in the classical Latin tradition.

    424 lines
  • 3
    Book 3

    A book of Claudian's mythological epic on the abduction of Proserpina by Pluto — the last great narrative poem in the classical Latin tradition.

    448 lines
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