Flumine nectareo Wenancjusza Fortunata - wiersz jako podarunek przyjaźni
Flumine Nectareo by Venantius Fortunatus: A Poem as a Gift of Friendship
Author(s): Tadeusz GaciaSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Towarzystwo Naukowe KUL & Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II
Keywords: Venantius Fortunatus; Agnes of Poitiers; consecrated virginity; lyric poetry
Summary/Abstract: In this essay the author presents Flumine nectareo from the collection Appendix carminum by Venantius Fortunatus as an example of a poem meant to be a gift of friendship to someone close to the poet. This particular poem is addressed to Agnes, the abbess of the convent at Poitiers founded by Radegunde of Thuringia in 557 A.D. A Polish translation of the poem forms an integral part of the essay.
Journal: Roczniki Humanistyczne
- Issue Year: 59/2011
- Issue No: 03
- Page Range: 229-237
- Page Count: 9
- Language: Polish