Greek epigram and Byzantine culture : gender, desire, and denial in the age of Justinian /

• Main Author: Smith, Steven D., 1974- (συγγραφέας.)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge : Cambridge Univeristy Press, 2019.
• Series: Greek culture in the roman world
• Subjects: Επιγραφές, Ελληνικές; Επιγραφές, Βυζαντινές; Λογοτεχνία και κοινωνία

"Greek Epigram and Byzantine Culture Sexy, scintillating, and sometimes scandalous, Greek epigrams from the age of the Emperor Justinian commemorate the survival of the sensual in a world transformed by Christianity. Around 567 CE, the poet and historian Agathias of Myrina published his Cycle,...