περὶ τῆς παρακοῆς: Ancient Greek by Women Glossed Reading #6

(Note: this will be the final reading in this series for the time being.)

After a long hiatus, here is a new glossed reading containing a section from Eudocia’s Homerocentones on Eve’s deception of Adam. This is a fascinating 5th c. CE work in which the author weaves together lines from Homer to re-tell biblical stories. Eudocia was raised as a pagan in Athens, but converted to Christianity at the time of her marriage to Theodosius II, Augustus of the eastern Empire.

In the selection I’ve chosen, Eudocia uses lines from Homer (often referring to Helen, Clytemnestra, Penelope, or other Homeric women) to tell Eve’s story. Expanding on the account from Genesis, Eudocia explores Eve’s actions using epic language, assigning Christian meaning to Homeric verses and merging the genres of Scripture and epic.

The version with Latin and Greek glosses can be found here; the version with just Greek glosses here.