Abstract:This article explores Prudentius's identification of personified Vices as monsters in his Psychomachia. Noting in detail the corporeal descriptions of the antagonists' bodies, it demonstrates that they do not have monstrous, hybrid, or liminal bodies, but rather, for the most part, their features are typical of epic warriors and the attributes that are exceptional have allegorical significance. Prudentius paradoxically insists on the monstrosity of his anthropomorphic Vices to remind his reader of the true nature of vice (the product of the soul's perverted activity) and of the risk of mistaking vice for virtue. This article not only delineates the meaning of monstrosity in the Psychomachia but further unveils Prudentius's reinterpretation of epic tropes and expands our understanding of the innovative engagement of late antique poetry with classical expectations.

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重新思考普鲁登修斯的心理怪物

摘要：本文探讨了普鲁登修斯 (Prudentius) 在其《心理机能》(Psychomachia) 中将拟人化的恶习认定为怪物。详细记录了对手身体的肉体描述，它表明他们没有怪物、混合或阈限的身体，但在大多数情况下，他们的特征是史诗战士的典型特征，而特殊的属性则具有寓言性。意义。普鲁登修斯自相矛盾地坚持他拟人化的恶行的怪物性，以提醒他的读者恶行的真实本质（灵魂变态活动的产物）以及将恶行误认为美德的风险。这篇文章不仅描述了《心理》中怪物的含义，而且进一步揭示了普鲁登修斯的