| ISBN | 978-88-3613-195-2 |
|---|---|
| Numero in collana | 99 |
| Sottocategoria | Letteratura bizantina |
| Collana | Hellenica / ISSN 1825-3490 |
| Autore | Ilias Taxidis, Dimitrios Nikou, Ilias Chrisostomidis |
| Pagine | IV-356 |
| Anno | 2021 |
| In ristampa | No |
The modern research has not dealt with the ekphraseis, the prose or verse works attempting a detailed and explicit description of various topics (e.g. cities, persons, buildings, works of art etc) that appear in the literature of the palaeologan era. After an introduction to the literature and especially the rhetoric of the late byzantine period – with emphasis in the descriptive texts – the ekphraseis, autonomous or incorporated into texts, are presented and classified on the basis of a common outline. In addition to the use of motifs, images and specific stylistic features or structure issues, the study examines also the descriptive techniques chosen by their authors.
Ilias Taxidis (Drama, 1975) is Associate Professor of Medieval Greek Philology at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He specializes in byzantine historiography, rhetoric, epistolography and epigrammatic poetry.
Dimitrios Nikou (Florina, 1984) is postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Medieval Greek Literature of the Centre for Byzantine Research – Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He specializes in late byzantine histori-ography, rhetoric and greek paleography.
Dr. Ilias Chrysostomidis (Thessaloniki, 1982) has studied Medieval Greek Literature in Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. His research interests are focused on byzantine epistolography, rhetoric, hagiography, greek and latin palaeography.