Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. IV, 1950 Church Fathers Fathers and ecclesiastical writers up to the end of the 8th century, anonymous works

De Sodoma

By Erik Peterson

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DE SODOMA. - A short poem of 167 hexameters that recounts, on the basis of Gen. 19, the destruction of Sodom. The author is the same one who wrote the poem De Iona (v.), where the edition is also indicated.

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BIBL.: Manitius, pp. 51-52; C. Weyman, Beiträge zur Geschichte der christlich-lateinischen Poesie, Munich 1926, p. 117 ff. (echo of Ennius in a phrase of our poem).

Erik Peterson

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By Erik Peterson

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IV (1950), col. 1486.

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Peterson, Erik. “De Sodoma.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IV, col. 1486. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950. https://azioneromana.com/article/de-sodoma.

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Peterson, Erik. “De Sodoma.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IV, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950, col. 1486. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/de-sodoma.

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@incollection{ec4_de_sodoma,
  author    = {Peterson, Erik},
  title     = {De Sodoma},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {IV},
  pages     = {1486},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1950},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/de-sodoma}
}

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