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Studies in Byzantine epitomes and the Greek epitomizing tradition / edited by C.T. Mallan.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum ; 493.
- Mnemosyne. Supplements : late antique literature ; volume 493
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Condensed books--History and criticism.
- Condensed books.
- Byzantine literature--History and criticism.
- Byzantine literature.
- Classical literature--History and criticism.
- Classical literature.
- Byzantine Empire--Intellectual life.
- Byzantine Empire.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (256 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2025]
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Epitomes and epitomators in Byzantium / C.T. Mallan - The Greek epitomizing tradition in antiquity: from Theopompus to the age of Justinian / C.T. Mallan - Ancient epitomes in Photios' Bibliotheca / Laura Pfuntner - Epitomizing Aristotle's Organon / Melpomeni Vogiatzi - Medical epitomes in Byzantium / Isabel Grimm-Stadelmann - Epitomes in Byzantine law / Marios Tantalos - A compiled compilation: the epitome of Athenaeus' Deipnosophistae / Chrysanthos S. Chrysanthou - Xiphilinos' epitome of Cassius Dio / Marion Kruse - George Gemistos Plethon and the history of Greece after Mantinea / Jeffrey Beneker.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Mallan, Christopher Studies in Byzantine Epitomes and the Greek Epitomizing Tradition
- ISBN:
- 9789004734487
- 9004734481
- OCLC:
- 1519991645
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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