Christian Novels from the Menologion of Symeon Metaphrastes

by Symeon Metaphrastes

Created in the tenth century, most likely as an imperial commission, the Menologion is a collection of rewritings of saints' lives originally intended to be read at services for Christian feast days. Yet Symeon Metaphrastes's stories also abound in transgression and violence, punishment and redemption, love and miracles. They resemble Greek novels of the first centuries of the Common Era, highlighting intense emotions and focusing on desire, both...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674975065
• ISBN13: 9780674975064
• Release Date: June 2017
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.2"