Елена () — поэма на уэссекском диалекте древнеанглийского языка, приписываемая знаменитому поэту Кюневульфу (X в.). Сюжет взят из жития святого Кириака. Поэма рассказывает о том, как святая Елена по просьбе своего сына Константина отправляется в Иерусалим и находит Животворящий Крест, на котором был распят Иисус Христос.
Издания
Elene is edited along with digital images of its manuscript pages, and translated, in the Old English Poetry in Facsimile Project Nelson, N. (ed. and tr.). Judith, Juliana, and Elene. Three Fighting Saints. American University Studies 4. English Language and Literature 135. New York, 1991: 114-87. Gradon, P.O.E. (ed.). Cynewulf's Elene. London: Methuen, 1958. Kent, Charles W. (ed.) Elene: An Old English Poem. London: Ginn & Company, 1889. Krapp, George Philip (ed.). Vercelli Book. ASPR. New York: Columbia University Press, 1932. 67-102. 132-152. Bradley, S.A.J. (tr.). Anglo-Saxon Poetry. London: Everyman's Library, 1982. 164-197. Kennedy, Charles W. (tr.). "St. Helena Finds the True Cross." In Early English Christian Poetry. New York: Oxford University Press, 1961. 179-214.
Примечания
Литература на русском языке Елена. Часть I «Видение Константина» / Перевод с древнеанглийского и вступительная статья Н. Ю. Гвоздецкой // Атлантика. Вып. VII. М., 2005. С. 210—219. на других языках
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