Jean Geometre: Poemes En Hexametres Et En Distiques Elegiaques

By Emilie Marlene Van Opstall

John Geometres (10th century) is a key figure in the history of Byzantine poetry. His poems were first published in 1841 by J.A. Cramer, whose edition is based on a single manuscript and contains a large number of inaccuracies. Nonetheless, all the subsequent editors of John Geometres' poems have used this edition without consulting the manuscript(s) themselves. This book presents a new edition of his poems in hexameters and elegiacs, with critical apparatus, commentary and translation. It is a reference book not only for scholars of Byzantine literature, but also for historians and art historians of the Middle Byzantine period, enabling them to arrive at a better formed judgement of the poet and the cultural history of his time.

? la m?moire de mon p?re, Scato,
et ? ma m?re, Marijke

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004164448
• ISBN13: 9789004164444
• Release Date: March 2008
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 606 Pages
• Weight: 2.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.6" x 9.6"