Saints of ninth- and tenth-century Greece
Martyrdom of Nicholas the Younger -- Encomium of Nicholas the Younger / by the Presbyter Achaikos -- Funeral oration for Athanasios, Bishop of Methone / by Peter, Bishop of Argos -- Life of Peter, Bishop of Argos / by Theodore, Bishop of Nicaea -- Life and miracles of Theokletos, Bishop of Lakedaimo...
| Published in: | Dumbarton Oaks medieval library |
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| Contributors: | ; |
| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Published: |
Cambridge, Massachusetts London, England
Harvard University Press
2019
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| In: |
Dumbarton Oaks medieval library (54)
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| Series/Journal: | Dumbarton Oaks medieval library
54 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Greece
/ Saint
/ History 800-1000
B Byzantine Empire / Saint / History 800-1000 B Middle Greek language / Christian literature |
| Further subjects: | B
Commentary
B Christian hagiography History and criticism B Biography B Anthology B Saints (Greece) Biography Early works to 1800 B Spring B Christian literature, Byzantine History and criticism B Christian saints (Greece) Biography Early works to 1800 |
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| Summary: | Martyrdom of Nicholas the Younger -- Encomium of Nicholas the Younger / by the Presbyter Achaikos -- Funeral oration for Athanasios, Bishop of Methone / by Peter, Bishop of Argos -- Life of Peter, Bishop of Argos / by Theodore, Bishop of Nicaea -- Life and miracles of Theokletos, Bishop of Lakedaimon -- Life of Theodore of Kythera / by Leo -- Commemoration of Arsenios, Archbishop of Kerkyra. The saints' lives translated in this volume are not among the best known, but they have at least two features that compel broader attention: first, they concern a poorly documented but hotly debated period in the history of medieval Greece, the ninth and early tenth centuries; and, second, as a collected corpus they exhibit a great deal of literary variety, presenting students of hagiography with a compact dossier of texts that feature a range of literary modes and tropes. The texts are individually fairly short and have not been previously translated into English.-- |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 0674237366 |