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„Littera Antiqua” 10 (2015)
DARIUSZ PIASECKI
Homeric Centones. Encounter of the pagan and Christian traditions
(Summary)
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(The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin)
The article brings up the matter of Jesus’ prayer in Homeric Centos. The works, which
were written in the fifth century AD, are a connection of The Bible with Homer’s works Illiad
and Odyssey. There are some questions because of the fact that Homeric Centos were constructed on the basis of the text of Homeric lyric, and they are: Is the prayer of Christ in Gospels something exceptional, or is it similar to the ones of the hero of Troy? Is there anything
specific in this particular prayer, which failed to be portrayed in the language of Homeric
lyric? Is it possible to equate Christian religion’s prayer to the prayer of the ancien Greek
religion?
KEYWORDS: Homer; Illiad; Odyssey; The Bible; Gospel; cento; paraphrase; prayer
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