Studies in Byzantine Epitomes and the Greek Epitomizing Tradition /

Studies in Byzantine Epitomes and the Greek Epitomizing Tradition /

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...

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Other Authors: Mallan, C.T. (Editor)

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Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2025.

Series: Classical Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2025
Mnemosyne, Supplements ; 493.

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Classical Studies.

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Call Number: Z6207.G7 DE3

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Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Notes on Contributors
  • Introduction: Epitomes and Epitomators in Byzantium
  • C.T. Mallan
  • Part 1 From Antiquity to Byzantium
  • 1 The Greek Epitomizing Tradition in Antiquity: From Theopompus to the Age of Justinian
  • C.T. Mallan
  • 2 Ancient Epitomes in Photios' Bibliotheca
  • Laura Pfuntner
  • Part 2 Stockpiling Wisdom
  • 3 Epitomizing Aristotle's Organon
  • Melpomeni Vogiatzi
  • 4 Medical Epitomes in Byzantium
  • Isabel Grimm-Stadelmann
  • 5 Epitomes in Byzantine Law
  • Marios Tantalos
  • Part 3 Transmitting Culture(s)
  • 6 A Compiled Compilation: The Epitome of Athenaeus' Deipnosophistae
  • Chrysanthos S. Chrysanthou
  • 7 Xiphilinos' Epitome of Cassius Dio
  • Marion Kruse
  • 8 George Gemistos Plethon and the History of Greece after Mantinea
  • Jeffrey Beneker
  • Index.