On the conception of Homeric allegories in the twelfth century
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20477751 |
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| Authors | Jovana Šijaković (0000-0002-7130-7275, Institute for Byzantine Studies of the SASA, Belgrade, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Issue | 53 |
| Pages | 141-159 |
| Publication date | 2016-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Zbornik radova Vizantoloskog instituta (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0584-9888 • E-ISSN: 2406-0917 |
| Publisher | National Library of Serbia (PUBLISHER • RS) |
| DOI | 10.2298/zrvi1653141s |
| OpenAlex | W2599257272 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 4 |
John Tzezes and St. Eustathius of Thessalonica, the two great Byzantine commentators of Homer and contemporaries, gave considerable attention to the tradition of allegorical interpretation of the Iliad and the Odyssey. The paper points to key differences in their understanding of the Homeric allegories. Although familiar with the same body of older interpretations, they tended to use it in a different way and show a rather personal view of the Poet and his work
Art · Byzantine architecture · Linguistics · Literature · Byzantine Studies and History · Classical Antiquity Studies · Classics · Computer Science · History · Medieval Literature and History · Philosophy
| Highly cited | No |
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