Lamenta sola conferunt solacium - the sorrows of Eugenius II: Lamenta sola conferunt solacium - las tristezas de Eugenio II

This article examines the theme of sickness in the poetry of Eugenius II of Toledo and demonstrates how Eugenius seeks both to find personal solace in its treatment and also deploys it as a pastoral tool aimed at the edification of aristocracy of Visigothic society. It further argues that Eugenius’s work shows that a much more positive attitude to classical pagan poetry could be found in seventh century Iberia than that taken by Isidore of Seville.