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Carmen de Sodoma/Carmen de Iona
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Carmen de Sodoma (167 dactylic hexameters) and Carmen de Iona (105 dactylic hexameters) are two thematically related narrative poems that fall outside the canon of the biblical epic in late antiquity and appear in the manuscript tradition as works of Tertullian or of Cyprian of Carthage, although neither can be regarded as their true author for a variety of reasons, not least due to considerations of style (Peiper, 1891, xxviii). There is a good deal of uncertainty as to th…

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Döpp, Siegmar, “Carmen de Sodoma/Carmen de Iona”, in: Brill Encyclopedia of Early Christianity Online, General Editor David G. Hunter, Paul J.J. van Geest, Bert Jan Lietaert Peerbolte. Consulted online on 28 March 2024 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/2589-7993_EECO_SIM_036560>
First published online: 2018



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