In Peristephanon 14, Prudentius creates an inventive verse rendering of the martyrdom of Agnes. Interestingly, in this poem, the portrayal of Agnes shares many features with the elegiac puellae of Roman love elegy. Prudentius’ classicising poetry is characterised by the mixture of genres and literary traditions, one of them being Roman love elegy. The affinities, however, between Prudentius and the latter tradition deserve closer attention. In this paper, by identifying vocabulary, themes and motifs of Roman elegy in Peristephanon 14, I will illustrate ways in which Prudentius’ Agnes can be read as a Christianised elegiac puella.

在Peristephanon 14中，Prudentius创建了Agnes nes难的创造性诗歌翻译。有趣的是，在这首诗中，艾格尼丝的描写与罗马爱情挽歌的挽歌小节有许多共同之处。Prudentius的古典诗歌的特征是流派和文学传统的融合，其中之一就是罗马爱情挽歌。然而，Prudentius与后者的传统之间的亲缘关系值得密切关注。在本文中，通过识别Peristephanon 14中罗马挽歌的词汇，主题和图案，我将说明如何将Prudentius的Agnes理解为基督教化的挽歌puella。