In the Chronographia, is Michael Psellos’ concern for the army entirely disinterested? [PDF]
Zbornik Radova Vizantološkog Instituta, 2012 The present article analyzes Psellos’ commentary on the disarray of the Byzantine army in the Chronographia. The topic is examined in relation to the political circumstances of the time, and the author’s own particular situation.
Vratimos Antonios
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Njakolko beležki k''m Theophanes Chronographia, 497 [PDF]
Zbornik Radova Vizantološkog Instituta, 2013 The paper analyzes the paragraph of the Chronicle of Theophanes the Confessor in which the Byzantine Chronicler describes the contract made between Bulgaria and Byzantium in 716, and above all the mention of the Bulgarian ruler Kormesios in it.
Božilov Ivan
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Gnesioi filoi: George Syncellus and Theophanes the Confessor – Addenda
Studia Ceranea, 2022 The paper provides the addenda to A. Kompa, Gnesioi filoi: the search for George Syncellus’ and Theophanes the Confessor’s own words, and the authorship of their oeuvre, Studia Ceranea 5, 2015, p. 155–230. All the expressions crucial to the stylistic and
Andrzej Kompa
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When was Constantine V born? [PDF]
Zbornik Radova Vizantološkog Instituta, 2021 Emperor Constantine V was born in the summer of 718, however our only two texts that provide an approximate date of his birth diverge on the matter; mid-July according to Patriarch Nikephoros’ Breviarium, and early September according to ...
Marić Ivan
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Wer waren die Leser und Hörer der Chronographia des Michael Psellos? [PDF]
Zbornik Radova Vizantološkog Instituta, 2013 The article deals with the position Michael Psellos has taken with regard to the readers/listeners of his Chronographia. The intended readers are, in addition to Constantine Leichoudes and Emperor Michael VII which he addresses directly, the ...
Reinsch Diether Roderich
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MICHAEL PSELLUS’ ANONYMOUS ENCOMIUM TO EMPEROR CONSTANTINE X DOUKAS
Истраживања, 2021 This paper analyses an addresse-less encomium devoted to Emperor Constantine X Doukas and authored by Michael Psellus, one of the most learned individuals in Byzantine history.
JASMINA ŠARANAC STAMENKOVIĆ
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Pons per Danuvium ductus.Date noi despre podul lui Constantin cel Mare dintre Oescus și Sucidava [PDF]
Cercetări Arheologice, 2022 Constantine the Great inaugurated his bridge across the Danube between Oescus (Ghighen) and Sucidava (Celei) on July 5, 328. It was first mentioned by Sextus Aurelius Victor, in Liber de Caesaribus, 41.18, and then by late chronographers during the VII ...
Ioan Carol Opriș +10 more
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Michael V Kalaphates — Romanos IV Diogenes: Textual parallels in the chronographia of Michael Psellos [PDF]
Zbornik Radova Vizantološkog Instituta, 2011 The books five and seven of the Chronographia contain some striking parallels between the two deposed and blinded emperors of the eleventh century, Kalaphates and Diogenes.
Vratimos Antonios
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The mixed life of Plato’s Philebus in Psellos’ Chronographia (6a.8) [PDF]
Zbornik Radova Vizantološkog Instituta, 2013 Michael Psellos (1018-1081) used neoplatonic ethics in Chronographia 6a8 in order to discredit Leo Paraspondylos. He was accused of being too strict and distant from the real world of politics. By claiming that the intellect also needs a natural
Lauritzen Frederick
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Genre in the function of irony: Literary revenge of Michael Psellos [PDF]
Zbornik Radova Vizantološkog Instituta, 2015 The paper deals with the problem of genres and methodological digressions in the sixth book of Michael Psellos’ Chronographia, in the context of contemporary genre theories.
Repajić Milena
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