Byzantine Authors: Literary Activities and Preoccupations(English, Hardcover, unknown)

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Byzantine Authors: Literary Activities and Preoccupations(English, Hardcover, unknown) is written by unknown and published by Brill. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 9004129758 (ISBN 10) and 9789004129757 (ISBN 13).

In honouring the memory of Nicolas Oikonomides the contributors offer a group of Greek texts and translations which reflect the wide interests of Byzantine authors and the varied genres to which they devoted their talents. Within its pages one finds an ekphrasis of Christopher of Mitylene, military speeches of Constantine VII, letters of Michael Psellos, an historical narrative regarding Empress Helena and the Finding of the Cross, two teaching texts, and a lengthy instructional manual, accompanied by a reprint of the original Brill Greek text, on withstanding a siege.