Martírio e heroísmo: uma análise do livro das coroas de Prudêncio

Abstract

Aurelius Prudentius Clemens in IV century AD produced the work Liber Periste- phanon or The Book of Crowns, which sings and tells in verse the tortures suffered by many martyrs in Rome and the provinces. The martyrs are identified with the gentiles heroes and their tombs are converted into points of pilgrimage. In this article, we analyze the Pruden- tius’ poetry, emphasizing the classical roots of the rhetoric employed by the christian poet.