Prudentius Contra Orationem Symmachia
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Prudentius

Contra Orationem Symmachia

oratory

Two books arguing against the pagan senator Symmachus' plea to restore the Altar of Victory in the Senate. Prudentius answers Symmachus' famous appeal with Christian triumphalism and considerable rhetorical skill.

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Books

  • 1
    Book 1

    A book of Prudentius' verse refutation of Symmachus' plea to restore the Altar of Victory — the great literary document of the pagan-Christian debate in late antiquity.

    746 lines
  • 2
    Book 2

    A book of Prudentius' verse refutation of Symmachus' plea to restore the Altar of Victory — the great literary document of the pagan-Christian debate in late antiquity.

    1197 lines
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