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Prudentius

Psychomachia and How the Difficult Nature of Allegory still Resonates within Modern Works

On a chaotic battlefield in some unknown place, good and evil are fighting to the death in an ecstatic battle for the soul. Chastity slices through lust causing fountains of blood to erupt into the air. Good works has greed held in a chokehold watching her face turn blue and then purple as the last vestiges of air slip away. Faith strikes the head of … Continue reading Psychomachia and How the Difficult Nature of Allegory still Resonates within Modern Works

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Prudentius, Readings

Vision and Agency in Prudentius’ Psychomachia

Continuing on the thread of agency over one’s faculties of reason from the Boethius blog post, we will now apply this question to Prudentius’ Psychomachia to see if we can’t complicate the matter further.

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Prudentius, Theories

The Religious Context for Psychomachia’s Feminine Virtues and Vices

By Faryn Thomas, Jennifer Morse, Joseph Marques, and Robert Carhuayo One of the aspects of the Psychomachia that our group found particularly interesting was the fact that the virtues and vices are all presented as women. This is an initially surprising choice, as the virtues and vices are all warriors engaging in battle, and this is obviously not a role traditionally inhabited by women. This … Continue reading The Religious Context for Psychomachia’s Feminine Virtues and Vices

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