Anthony Kaldellis

Hellenism in Byzantium

The Transformations of Greek Identity and the Reception of the Classical Tradition

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Produktbeschreibung

This text examines what it meant to be 'Greek' in late antiquity and Byzantium.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 482
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. März 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 29mm
• Gewicht: 776g
• ISBN-13: 9780521297295
• ISBN-10: 052129729X
• Artikelnr.: 33767912

Inhaltsangabe

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.