Roman Prayers and Hymns within educational contexts of the Roman Republic and Imperial Era (C02)

该项目追求的问题是，作为文学产品，“教育”方面与祈祷和神圣赞美诗有多大的相关性。比到目前为止所做的更重要的是，将把重点放在这些具体形式的宗教言论是如何与背景联系起来的。其目的是辨别祈祷和赞美诗被包含在作品中的位置、原因和目的，以及它们在多大程度上在其特定背景下展示“教育”。此外，还应探讨祈祷和赞美诗在多大程度上宣扬提高教育的效果，以及文学祈祷和赞美诗的作者声称自己拥有多大的权威。

The project pursues the question of how relevant the aspect of “education” is for prayers and sacred hymns as literary products. A much greater emphasis than has been done so far is to be put on how these specific forms of religious speech are contextualized. The aim is to discern where, why and for what purpose prayers and hymns were included in a work as well as in how far they serve to exhibit “education” in their specific context. Additionally, it shall be explored in how far prayers and hymns proclaim an education-enhancing effect and how much authority the authors of literary prayers and hymns claim for themselves.