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ENGLISH ABSTRACT This paper provides a detailed analysis of the lines 1-166 of the Theanó, an epyllion written around 1211/1212 by Michael Choniates, the byzantine archbishop of Athens. The poem, that is deeply connected with the... more
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      AllegoryByzantine PoetryAllegoriaChristian symbolism
The paper deals with the idea of ancient literary composition in Byzantine authors. The texts discussed come from Tzetzes' Historiae and Michael Choniates' Letters. They significantly share a collection of examples concerning ancient... more
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      Byzantine LiteratureIsocratesLysiasMichael Choniates
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      Late Antique and Byzantine StudiesByzantine StudiesDionysius the AreopagiteByzantine Hagiography
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      CrusadesProsopographyByzantine StudiesByzantine prosopography
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      ClassicsLate Antique and Byzantine StudiesByzantine LiteratureTextual Criticism
This article on Callimachus' reception during Byzantium challenges how scholars have constructed Callimachus from Byzantine sources by highlighting the difficulty of extracting Callimachus from his Byzantine context. In this article, I... more
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      RhetoricByzantine StudiesOratoryCallimachus
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      Byzantine epistolographyMichael Choniates