Herodian's Description of Commodus as the Source of the Post Mortem Description of Pionius in Martyrium Pionii Cover Image

Opis Kommodusa w Historii Herodiana jako źródło pośmiertnego opisu Pioniosa w Martyrium Pionii
Herodian's Description of Commodus as the Source of the Post Mortem Description of Pionius in Martyrium Pionii

Author(s): Jan M. Kozłowski
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Komitet Nauk o Kulturze Antycznej Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: Martyrium Pionii; Herodian; Greek Christian literature

Summary/Abstract: The article tries to show that the author of Martyrium Pionii when describing the martyr’s body after his death in MPion 22, 2–4 modelled that passage on the portrait of Commodus in Hdn. Hist. I 7 5–6.

  • Issue Year: 64/2009
  • Issue No: 1+4
  • Page Range: 131-137
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: Polish