Directing the Eye of the Soul: Form and Function in an Ancient Scenic Monologue (Cyprian, Ad Donatum)

In Ad Donatum, written soon after his baptism ca. 248, Cyprian exhorts a newly baptized friend, Donatus, in a garden that Cyprian describes in his own voice. Many scenic dialogues survive from Greco-Roman antiquity, but Ad Donatum is the only known ancient scenic monologue. This article seeks to exp...

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Main Author: Gassman, Mattias (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Johns Hopkins Univ. Press 2021
In: Journal of early Christian studies
Year: 2021, Volume: 29, Issue: 3, Pages: 371-396
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Cyprianus, Thascius Caecilius, Saint 200-258, Ad Donatum / Monologue / Form / Function
IxTheo Classification:KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity
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