Prudentius’ Crown of Martyrs

Prudentius’ Crown of Martyrs offers an English translation, with introduction and commentary, of the Liber Peristephanon , Prudentius’ vivid collection of lyric hymns in honor of Christian martyrs. To render Prudentius’ metrically varied lines for twenty-first-century readers, Len Krisak relies on the inherent iambic nature of English. The introduction offers insight into social, political, and literary features of the fourth century, the life of Prudentius, the poet’s other works, his Latinity