Epistolary poetry in Byzantium and beyond : an anthology with critical essays /
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 co...
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| Γλώσσα: | English Ancient Greek |
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London :
Routledge,
2021.
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- 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
