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Oblique Politics and Esotericism in Michael Psellos
The paper examines the relation of esotericism and oblique politics in the Byzantine philosopher Michael Psellos (11th century) on the basis of Eva De Vries’ study of the letters that Psellos addressed to the statesman Leo Paraspondylos.
Georges Arabatzis
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Michael Psellos’ ‘Arrangement’ of Hermias’ Commentary on Plato’s Phaedrus
The Byzantine philosopher Michael Psellos (11th century) wrote a brief treatise entitled An Explanation of the Drive of the Soul Chariot and the Army of Gods According to Plato in the Phaedrus.
Georges Arabatzis
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Nations and Minorities in Psellos’ "Chronographia" (976–1078) [PDF]
The Chronographia of Michael Psellos (1018–1081) reveals a limited interest in nations and minorities within and without the Byzantine Empire. He had access to information about these peoples either indirectly (1018–1042) or more directly (1042–1078). He
Frederick Lauritzen
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MICHAEL PSELLOS AND IOANE PETRITSI ON INTELLECT
Michael Psellos exposed his theory on intellect in two major texts: De omnifaria doctrina and Philosophica minora. Psellos’ theory is based on different philosophical sources, including, first and foremost, Proclus’ texts.
ALEXIDZE, Lela +2 more
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DIE CHRONOGRAPHIA DES MICHAEL PSELLOS ALS WERK MÜNDLICHER PROSA
Michael Psellos’ Chronographia as Oral Prose. Until now only Herbert Hunger and Warren Treadgold had pointed out that Michael Psellos has his Chronographia not written by his own hand but dictated to a professional scribe. Therefore also the structure of
Reinsch, Diether Roderich +1 more
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Constantine X Doukas in an Enkomion by Michael Psellos [PDF]
According to the interpretation of the original data the speech dedicated to Constantine X Doukas, written by Michael Psellus after the Emperor’s victory over the Uze, deals with the role, importance and use of imperial speeches in promoting the ...
Šaranac-Stamenković Jasmina
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Michael V Kalaphates — Romanos IV Diogenes: Textual parallels in the chronographia of Michael Psellos [PDF]
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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New Considerations on the Historia Syntomos of Michael Psellos
Chapter 1 of this paper investigates the main themes in the research of Michael Psellos’ Historia Syntomos. Chapter 2 puts forward the question of possible interrelations between the Historia Syntomos and one type of the short imperial chronicles, the so-
DŽELEBDŽIĆ, Dejan +1 more
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So far, the collection of letters of Maximos the Confessor (580–662) has not been studied from the point of view of philology. The purpose of this article is to analyse Maximos’ letters as examples of epistolary prose and to find out the extent to which ...
Dmitrii Aleksandrovich Chernoglazov
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The letter corpus of Michael Psellos is heterogeneous in many respects. It is transmitted as a scattered corpus rather than as a uniform edition. It played an important role as a model in later Byzantine times.
Bernard, Floris
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