ABSTRACT

The language of the poem is unobtrusively Virgilian, but the poem’s descriptions and the use of allegory mean that it resembles Lactantius’ Phoenix.

Text

Latin text: CSEL 3 in the appendix to the works of Cyprian, pp. 305-8; PL 2 in Appendix 1 to the works of Tertullian, col. 1113.