psychomachia
psychomachy (ˈsaɪkəʊməkɪ)
noun
conflict of the soul
Word Origin for psychomachia
C17: from Late Latin psӯchomachia, title of a poem by Prudentius (about 400), from Greek psukhē spirit + makhē battle
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Historical Examples of psychomachia
Then conflict arises; the mediaeval Psychomachia awakes in Dante.
The Mediaeval Mind (Volume II of II)Henry Osborn Taylor
Apparently following the Psychomachia of Prudentius, a Christian poet of the 5th century.
Woman under MonasticismLina Eckenstein