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Hellenism in Byzantium: the transformations of Greek identity and the reception of the classical tradition

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2011
ISBN
9780521876889, 9780511378614, 9780521297295, 052129729X, 0521876885
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
4 MB (3948830 bytes)
Series
Greek Culture in the Roman World
Pages
XI, 468 s. ; 24 cm\482
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52

Description

Introduction Part I. Greeks, Romans, and Christians in Late Antiquity: 1. 'We too are Greeks!': the legacies of Hellenism 2. 'The world a city': Romans of the east 3. 'Nibbling on Greek learning': the Christian predicament Interlude. Hellenism in limbo: the middle years (400-1040) Part II. Hellenic Revivals in Byzantium: 4. Michael Psellos and the instauration of philosophy 5. The third sophistic: the performance of Hellenism under the Komnenoi 6. Imperial failure and the emergence of national Hellenism General conclusions.

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