Oxford Handbook of Byzantine Literature

In twenty-five chapters by leading scholars, this volume propagates a nuanced understanding of Byzantine "literature", highlighting key problems, and presenting basic research tools for an audience of specialists and non-specialists.

About the author

Stratis Papaioannou is Director of Research at the Institute of Historical Research of National Hellenic Research Foundation (EIE, Athens), as well as Principal Investigator of the international research project Retracing Connections. His previous publications include Michael Psellos: Rhetoric and Authorship in Byzantium and, as editor and translator, Christian Novels from the Menologion of Symeon Metaphrastes. He has also published Michael Psellus, Epistulae, and Saints at the Limits: Seven Byzantine Popular Legends.

Product details

• Authors: Stratis (Director of Research Papaioannou
• Assisted by: Stratis Papaioannou (Editor), Papaioannou Stratis (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.08.2025
• EAN: 9780197815007
• ISBN: 978-0-19-781500-7
• No. of pages: 784
• Series: Oxford Handbooks
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Ancient & Classical, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Medieval, HISTORY / Byzantine Empire, Classical texts, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Ancient, classical and medieval texts