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El lenguaje de los juegos en la Patrística de Occidente (siglos III-VI)
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[spa] Los juegos romanos generaron un lenguaje propio que acabó trascendiendo el ámbito deportivo para formar parte de la conversación cotidiana. Seguramente, los cristianos empleaban también estas locuciones, puesto que frecuentaban los espectáculos igual que sus conciudadanos paganos. Más extraño resultaría encontrarlas en los escritos de los eclesiásticos, aunque en la práctica así fue. El origen lo hallamos en las metáforas lúdicas que Pablo incluyó en sus epístolas y en la influencia que aquéllas ejercieron en autores posteriores -quienes además las utilizaron para llegar más cerca de sus feligreses-. Las imágenes más corrientes son las de la palma y la corona entregadas como premio al «atleta de Dios». Este simbolismo fue más allá de lo meramente literario para integrarse en la iconografía cristiana de la época
.[eng]The Román games produced an own language which trascended the sportíve ambit to become a parí of the daily conversation. With certainty, the Christians employed too these expressions since they frequented the shows hke their heathen fellow citizens. Although, it would have been surprising to find these words in the churchmen's writings, they appeared frequently. The cause would be found in the playfiíl metaphors that Paul included in his epistles and in the influence that these metaphors had in later authors -who also used them to improve the communication with their parishioners-. The more common images are the palm and the crown, wich are given as a prize to the «God's athlete». Moreover, this simbolism was also integrated in tíie Christian iconography of the period.
.[eng]The Román games produced an own language which trascended the sportíve ambit to become a parí of the daily conversation. With certainty, the Christians employed too these expressions since they frequented the shows hke their heathen fellow citizens. Although, it would have been surprising to find these words in the churchmen's writings, they appeared frequently. The cause would be found in the playfiíl metaphors that Paul included in his epistles and in the influence that these metaphors had in later authors -who also used them to improve the communication with their parishioners-. The more common images are the palm and the crown, wich are given as a prize to the «God's athlete». Moreover, this simbolism was also integrated in tíie Christian iconography of the period.
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JIMÉNEZ SÁNCHEZ, Juan Antonio. El lenguaje de los juegos en la Patrística de Occidente (siglos III-VI). POLIS. Revista de ideas y formas políticas de la Antigüedad clásica. 2000. Vol. 12, num. 137-180. ISSN 1130-0728. [consulted: 11 of June of 2026]. Available at: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/121621