Saints of Ninth- And Tenth-Century Greece

Saints of Ninth- and Tenth-Century Greece collects a variety of funeral orations, encomia, and narrative hagiography that illuminate the roles of holy men during one of the most obscure periods of Greek history. This volume presents Byzantine Greek texts written by locals in the provinces and translated here into English for the first time.

Info autore

Anthony Kaldellis is Professor and Chair of the Department of Classics at The Ohio State University. He is the author of many books, including The Christian Parthenon, Hellenism in Byzantium, and The Byzantine Republic, which have been translated into French, Greek, and Russian.Ioannis Polemis is Professor of Byzantine Philology at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.

Riassunto

Saints of Ninth- and Tenth-Century Greece collects a variety of funeral orations, encomia, and narrative hagiography that illuminate the roles of holy men during one of the most obscure periods of Greek history. This volume presents Byzantine Greek texts written by locals in the provinces and translated here into English for the first time.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Anthony Kaldellis, Ioannis Polemis
• Con la collaborazione di: Anthony Kaldellis (Editore), Ioannis Polemis (Editore), Anthony Kaldellis (Traduzione), Ioannis Polemis (Traduzione), Kaldellis Anthony (Editore e traduzione), Polemis Ioannis (Editore e traduzione)
• Editore: Harvard University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.05.2019
• EAN: 9780674237360
• ISBN: 978-0-674-23736-0
• Pagine: 384
• Serie: Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library; Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Librar; Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library; Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Librar
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia; HISTORY / Ancient / General, RELIGION / History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, CE period up to c 1500, History of Religion, Archaeology, Ancient History, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, History and Archaeology, C 500 CE To C 1000 CE