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Byzantine literature
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Byzantine literature is the Greek literature of the Middle Ages, whether written in the Byzantine Empire or outside its borders. In its early period, it was a form of late antique literature, and late
The Alexiad, a history by Anna Komnene, in a 12th-century manuscript. Kept in the Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Florence
The Alexiad, a history by Anna Komnene, in a 12th-century manuscript. Kept in the Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Florence
An illumination of a scene from the Skylitzes Chronicle, depicting a Thracesian woman killing a Varangian who tried to rape her, whereupon his comrade
An illumination of a scene from the Skylitzes Chronicle, depicting a Thracesian woman killing a Varangian who tried to rape her, whereupon his comrades praised her and gave her his possessions.
A Byzantine Gospel of the 13th century, it shows the increasing trend towards the use of Ivory as an artistic tool.
A Byzantine Gospel of the 13th century, it shows the increasing trend towards the use of Ivory as an artistic tool.
A page from a 16th-century edition of the vast Byzantine encyclopaedia, the Suda.
A page from a 16th-century edition of the vast Byzantine encyclopaedia, the Suda.
Ancient Greek literature
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Ancient Greek literature encompasses the literature written in the Ancient Greek language from the earliest texts until the time of the Byzantine Empire. The earliest surviving works of ancient Greek
Byzantine literature
…consider 'literature' to include all medieval Greek texts, but some define it with specific constraints. Byzantine literature is the successor to Ancient Greek literature and forms the basis of Modern Greek literature, although it overlaps with both periods. The tradition saw the competing influences of Hellenism…
A Greek manuscript of the beginning of Hesiod's Works and Days
A Greek manuscript of the beginning of Hesiod's Works and Days
Linear B tablet from the Archaeological Museum of Mycenae
Linear B tablet from the Archaeological Museum of Mycenae
Tablet MY Oe 106 (obverse) exhibited at the Greek National Archaeological Museum
Tablet MY Oe 106 (obverse) exhibited at the Greek National Archaeological Museum
Imaginative nineteenth-century engraving of the ancient Library of Alexandria
Imaginative nineteenth-century engraving of the ancient Library of Alexandria