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Taxidis, Ilias

Descriptions in Verse in the Late Byzantine Literature

2023 - LYSA Publishers

P. 661-670

  • This paper presents and examines ekphraseis in verse that appear in the literature of the late Byzantine period. After a brief introduction to the rhetorics of the “Palaeologan Renaissance”, the ekphraseis, mainly autonomous and secondarily incorporated into texts, are presented analytically and classified on the basis of a common outline. At the same time, in addition to the use of motifs, images and specific stylistic and metrical features or structure issues, this paper also examines the descriptive techniques chosen by their authors. The author also attempts a global survey of the similarities observed in these texts, on the one hand identifying the structural or metrical similarity they display, and on the other tracing the form they appear to follow.
  • The ultimate goal is to highlight the differences between them, which are not simply a matter of divergence from the common framework, but rather a demonstration of the authors' effort for possible originality. [Publisher's text]

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Virtute vir tutus : studi di letteratura greca, bizantina e umanistica, offerti a Enrico V. Maltese. - ( Colibri ; 4)