| ISBN | 978-88-3613-609-4 |
|---|---|
| Numero in collana | 114 |
| Sottocategoria | Letteratura bizantina |
| Collana | Hellenica / ISSN 1825-3490 |
| Autore | John Mauropous |
| Curatore | Dimitra Moniou |
| Pagine | VIII-224 |
| Anno | 2025 |
| In ristampa | No |
This volume presents the first complete English translation and commentary on six orations by John Mauropous, metropolitan of Euchaïta – a court intellectual and a liturgical poet – offered here in a revised critical edition. Delivered in the politically charged atmosphere of mid-eleventh-century Constantinople, these historical orations provide insight into the ideological, theological, and rhetorical discourses of the period, serving as vital historical sources for understanding the intellectual and political landscape of the eleventh-century Byzantine capital. Mauropous’ rhetorical style moves fluidly between panegyric, political reflection, and spiritual exhortation, navigating the tensions between imperial service and personal conviction. By providing accessible translations of these texts and situating them within their broader historical and literary contexts, this volume re-establishes Mauropous as a key figure in the interplay of rhetoric, religion, and governance at the heart of the Byzantine world – Constantinople, a city that served as both symbol and driving force of imperial ideology throughout the entire lifespan of the Byzantine Empire.
Dimitra I. Moniou is an Assistant Professor of Byzantine Philology at the University of the Peloponnese. Her research focuses on late Byzantine historiography, homiletics, hymnography, anti-unionist literature, rhetoric, and hagiography. She has authored several critical editions and scholarly monographs on key figures and genres of Byzantine literature. Her major contributions include a monograph on Georgios Moschabar, an anti-unionist author of the Palaiologan period (Athens 2011), the three-volume critical edition of John VI Kantakouzenos’s Antirrhetic Treatise against John Kyparissiotes (Athens, 2021 & 2024), as well as the critical edition of the Homilies by Neilos, Bishop of Rhodes (Athens, 2010). She has also translated and annotated significant Byzantine texts, including George Sphrantzes’s Minor Chronicle (Athens, 2006) and the Epigrams of Christopher of Mytilene (2nd ed., Athens, 2025). She has also published in both Greek and international Byzantine journals and continues to study Byzantine literature through close reading and critical interpretation of texts across genres and periods.