L’ÉCLAT DES RICHESSES DANS LES ÉPIGRAMMES DE LA LATINITÉ TARDIVE: ENJEUX ET CONDITIONS DE LA REPRÉSENTATION

Céline Urlacher-Becht

Abstract


SVMMARIVM – De diuitiarum splendore in epigrammatibus Latinis a Claudiano usque ad
Eugenium Toletanum disseritur. Quanquam lumen fulgorque simillimis uerbis ab his poetis
laudantur, eorum descriptio uarias significationes habet. Nam nobiles uiri stirpis suae lucem
illustrant; in imperatoris uel regis laudibus, celebratus splendor eius doctrinam indicat ac rem
publicam attingit. Christiani uero spirituales diuitias quae ad aeternam uitam ducunt cantant:
itaque animas suas Deo consecrantes uel ultimum iudicium timentes terrestribus rebus
renuntiant.

ABSTRACT – This article focuses on the representation of precious goods in the late Latin
epigrams. If the very broad predominance of the topos of «light» or «splendour» gives a high


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