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