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The word 'psychomachia' isn't a word from the ancient, classical Latin language. Instead, the term comes from the earlier, ancient, classical Greek. The word in Greek combines the root 'psych-', which means 'mind or soul', with 'machia', which means 'battle or fight'. The equivalent phrase in Latin is the following: proelium animarum, which translates as the battle of the souls.

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Where can you find an English translation of 'Psychomachia the Battle of Souls' by the late antique Latin poet Prudentius?

Google 'Psychomachia Battle of the Souls'. An English translation from 1743 is held by the University Library of Australia. It's on microfilm. So it's possible that they have a loan policy. Access http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2840196. Also on the first page, the site mentioned after 'nla' has beginning lines translated, and plans to do more: http://suburbanbanshee. wordpress.com/2006/12/20/the-psychomachia-is-so-darned-cool/. The site provides a link to a 'rather casual prose' translation at http://web.archive.org/web/20020429135514/http://www.richmond.edu/~wstevens/grvaltexts/psychomachia.html. And also on the first page, the last site includes a detailed review of the Latin text. In her attached biography, Jennifer Mongold lists an English translation, under footnote 3: Prudentius. Prudentius. Vol. I. Trans. H.J. Thomson. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1969. Access http://german210.blogspot.com/2008/06/psychomachia-by-jennifer-mongold.html. The book is available through Amazon, in the format of Latin text and commentary. Readers indicate that the commentary includes no English translation of the text. But Amazon may know how to contact the author in the event that she worked from an English translation: http://www.amazon.com/Prudentius-Psychomachia-Commentary-Text-Latin/dp/0929524616.


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