Claudian's in Eutropium: Or, How, When, and Why to Slander a Eunuch

by Jacqueline Long

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From A.D. 395 to 404, Claudian was the court poet of the Western Roman Empire, ruled by Honorius. In 399 the eunuch Eutropius, the grand chamberlain and power behind the Eastern Roman throne of Honorius's brother Arcadius, became consul. The poem In Eutropium is Claudian's brilliantly nasty response. In it he vilifies Eutropius and calls on Honorius's general, Stilicho, to redeem this disgrace to Roman honor. In this literary and historical...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0807857092

ISBN13:9780807857090

Release Date:July 2009

Publisher:University of North Carolina Press

Length:308 Pages

Weight:1.00 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"

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