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Studies in Byzantine Epitomes and the Greek Epitomizing Tradition

Inbunden, Engelska, 2025

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Epitomes, or abridged books, were a constant feature of Byzantine intellectual life and book culture. From epitomes of Greek and Roman historians to medical texts to condensed works of law, epitomes provided professionals and intellectuals with convenient sources of information – or erudition – that met the needs of their post-antique world. This volume, the first to be devoted to Byzantine epitomes, traces the development of the Byzantine epitomizing tradition from antiquity to the fall of Constantinople, while also analysing several key examples in depth. Across eight case-studies, Byzantine epitomes emerge as often surprising products of times of intense intellectual activity.

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Utgivningsdatum2025-05-22
Mått155 x 235 x 21 mm
Vikt551 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieMnemosyne, Supplements, Late Antique Literature
Antal sidor244
FörlagBrill
MedarbetareMallan,Christopher
ISBN9789004731820

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Christopher Mallan is an Associate Professor in Classics and Ancient History and the ACIS Cassamarca Foundation Chair in Latin Humanism at the University of Western Australia. His research interests include imperial Roman historiography and the reception of this tradition in Byzantium and beyond.Contributors are: Jeffrey Beneker, Chrysanthos Chrysanthou, Isabel Grimm-Stadelmann, Marion Kruse, Laura Pfuntner, Marios Tantalos, Melpomeni Vogiatzi.

PrefaceNotes on ContributorsIntroduction: Epitomes and Epitomators in ByzantiumC.T. MallanPart 1 From Antiquity to Byzantium1 The Greek Epitomizing Tradition in Antiquity: From Theopompus to the Age of JustinianC.T. Mallan2 Ancient Epitomes in Photios’ BibliothecaLaura PfuntnerPart 2 Stockpiling Wisdom3 Epitomizing Aristotle’s OrganonMelpomeni Vogiatzi4 Medical Epitomes in ByzantiumIsabel Grimm-Stadelmann5 Epitomes in Byzantine LawMarios TantalosPart 3 Transmitting Culture(s)6 A Compiled Compilation: The Epitome of Athenaeus’ DeipnosophistaeChrysanthos S. Chrysanthou7 Xiphilinos’ Epitome of Cassius DioMarion Kruse8 George Gemistos Plethon and the History of Greece after MantineaJeffrey BenekerIndex