Christmas presents for John Tzetzes
A new verse epistle from the letter collection
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21298831 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Aglae Pizzone (0000-0001-7765-9485, University of Southern Denmark, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 114 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 1303-1319 |
| Publication date | 2021-09-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Byzantinische Zeitschrift (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-7704 • E-ISSN: 1868-9027 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1515/bz-2021-0063 |
| OpenAlex | W3201320139 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
The corpus of Tzetzes’ epistles edited by Pietro Luigi Leone in 1972 includes 107 letters. However, two of the earliest manuscript witnesses of the collection bequeath a 108th letter consisting of 16 iambs and closing the corpus. The short missive is addressed to one Konstantinos Phyteianos. The present paper provides the first edition and translation into English of this letter, analysing its authorship and contents as well as its rhetorical function within the corpus
Art · Art history · Literature · African history and culture analysis · Classics · History
| Citations per year | 0.33 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |