Epistolary poetry in Byzantium and beyond : an anthology with critical essays /

• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Kubina, Krystina (επιμελήτρια), Riehle, A. (Alexander) (επιμελητής)
• Μορφή: Βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English; Ancient Greek
• Έκδοση: London : Routledge, 2021.
• Θέματα: Ελληνικές επιστολές > Ιστορία και κριτική; Επιστολική ποίηση, Ελληνική; Ελλάδα > Στη λογοτεχνία

 Letters were an important medium of everyday communication in the ancient Mediterranean. Soon after its emergence, the epistolary form was adopted by educated elites and transformed into a literary genre, which developed distinctive markers and was used, for instance, to give political advice, to convey philosophical ideas, or to establish and foster ties with peers. A particular type of this genre is the letter cast in verse, or epistolary poem, which merges the form and function of the letter with stylistic elements of poetry. In Greek literature, epistolary poetry is first safely attested in the fourth centuryAD and would enjoy a lasting presence throughout the Byzantine and early modern periods. The present volume introduces the reader to this hitherto unexplored chapter of post-classical Greek literature through an anthology of exemplary epistolary poems in the original Greek with facing English translation. This collection, which covers a broad chronological range from late antique epigrams of the Greek Anthology to the poetry of western humanists, is accompanied by exegetical commentaries on the anthologized texts and by critical essays discussing questions of genre, literary composition, and historical and social contexts of selected epistolary poems. --   Από τον εκδότη. 

  Acknowledgements List of Figures Notes on Contributors Notes on Texts and Translations Abbreviations Introduction Krystina Kubina and Alexander Riehle PART 1: ESSAYS 1 Epigrams and Verse Letters in Palladas and Gregory of Nazianzos Christos Simelidis 2 Epigrammata epistulam faciunt ? Christopher of Mitylene to His Friends Emilie van Opstall 3 Epistolarity in Twelfth-century Byzantine Poetry: Singing Praises and Asking Favors in absentia Nikolaos Zagklas 4 Functions of Letters in Verse and Prose: A Comparison of Manuel Philes and Theodore Hyrtakenos Krystina Kubina 5 Francesco Filelfo's Verse Letters: Form, Content, and Function Andreas Rhoby PART 2: ANTHOLOGY Texts Palladas ( 1-2 ) Christos Simelidis Gregory of Nazianzos ( 3-5 ) Christos Simelidis Agathias -- Paul the Silentiary ( 6-7 ) Delphine Lauritzen Dioskoros of Aphrodito ( 8 ) Alexander Riehle Theodore the Stoudite ( 9 ) Alexander Riehle Theodore and Theophanes Graptos -- Methodios ( 10 ) Alexander Riehle Anonymous of Sola ( 11 ) Floris Bernard John Mauropous ( 12 ) Floris Bernard Michael Psellos ( 13 ) Floris Bernard Christopher of Mitylene ( 14-20 ) Emilie van Opstall (14-19) Przemysław Marciniak and Katarzyna Warcaba (20) Theophylaktos of Ohrid ( 21-22 ) Nikos Zagklas Theodore Prodromos ( 23-25 ) Nikos Zagklas Manganeios Prodromos ( 26-29 ) Elizabeth and Michael Jeffreys Michael Hagiotheodorites ( 30 ) Przemysław Marciniak and Katarzyna Warcaba Pseudo-Psellos ( 31 ) Floris Bernard Euthymios Tornikes ( 32 ) Nikos Zagklas Libistros and Rhodamne ( 33-34 ) Panagiotis A. Agapitos Manuel Philes ( 35-45 ) Krystina Kubina Stephanos Sgouropoulos ( 46 ) Krystina Kubina Erotopaignia ( 47 ) Alexander Riehle Gerardos ( 48 ) Alexander Riehle Francesco Filelfo ( 49 ) Andreas Rhoby Angelo Poliziano ( 50-55 ) Andreas Rhoby John Clajus ( 56 ) Andreas Rhoby Commentary Figures Bibliography General Index Index of Manuscripts and Papyri