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Letters were an important medium of everyday communication in the
ancient Mediterranean. Soon after its emergence, the epistolary
form was adopted by educated elites and transformed into a literary
genre, which developed distinctive markers and was used, for
instance, to give political advice, to convey philosophical ideas,
or to establish and foster ties with peers. A particular type of
this genre is the letter cast in verse, or epistolary poem, which
merges the form and function of the letter with stylistic elements
of poetry. In Greek literature, epistolary poetry is first safely
attested in the fourth century AD and would enjoy a lasting
presence throughout the Byzantine and early modern periods. The
present volume introduces the reader to this hitherto unexplored
chapter of post-classical Greek literature through an anthology of
exemplary epistolary poems in the original Greek with facing
English translation. This collection, which covers a broad
chronological range from late antique epigrams of the Greek
Anthology to the poetry of western humanists, is accompanied by
exegetical commentaries on the anthologized texts and by critical
essays discussing questions of genre, literary composition, and
historical and social contexts of selected epistolary poems.
Chapters 3 and 4 of this book are freely available as a
downloadable Open Access PDF under a Creative Commons Attribution
(CC BY) 4.0 license available at
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/10.4324/9780429288296
Letters were an important medium of everyday communication in the
ancient Mediterranean. Soon after its emergence, the epistolary
form was adopted by educated elites and transformed into a literary
genre, which developed distinctive markers and was used, for
instance, to give political advice, to convey philosophical ideas,
or to establish and foster ties with peers. A particular type of
this genre is the letter cast in verse, or epistolary poem, which
merges the form and function of the letter with stylistic elements
of poetry. In Greek literature, epistolary poetry is first safely
attested in the fourth century AD and would enjoy a lasting
presence throughout the Byzantine and early modern periods. The
present volume introduces the reader to this hitherto unexplored
chapter of post-classical Greek literature through an anthology of
exemplary epistolary poems in the original Greek with facing
English translation. This collection, which covers a broad
chronological range from late antique epigrams of the Greek
Anthology to the poetry of western humanists, is accompanied by
exegetical commentaries on the anthologized texts and by critical
essays discussing questions of genre, literary composition, and
historical and social contexts of selected epistolary poems.
Chapters 3 and 4 of this book are freely available as a
downloadable Open Access PDF under a Creative Commons Attribution
(CC BY) 4.0 license available at
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/10.4324/9780429288296
The letters of Nikephoros Chumnos (ca.1260 1327) have not been duly
recognized as sources documenting the social relations of the
Byzantine elite and as literary works in their own right. This
two-volume edition fills this void. It contributes substantially to
our understanding of Byzantine literature and society during the
early Palaiologan period and ofepistolary literature and
communicationin general."
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