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Author:

Nikēphoros, ho Vasilakēs, active 12th century, author. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79027126

Title:

The rhetorical exercises of Nikephoros Basilakes : progymnasmata from twelfth-century Byzantium / edited and translated by Jeffrey Beneker and Craig A. Gibson.

Publisher:

Harvard University Press,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

xxii, 394 pages ; 21 cm.

Subject:

Greek language--Composition and exercises--Early works to 1800.
Rhetoric, Ancient--Early works to 1800.
Nikēphoros,--ho Vasilakēs,--active 12th century.
Education, Medieval--Byzantine Empire.
Byzantine Empire--Civilization--1081-1453.
Greek language--Composition and exercises.
Rhetoric, Ancient.
Early works.

Other Authors:

Beneker, Jeffrey, translator. translator. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2012020184
Gibson, Craig A., 1968- translator. translator. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2001041297
Container of (expression): Nikēphoros, ho Vasilakēs, active 12th century. Progymnasmata. Greek. (Beneker and Gibson) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2017018342
Container of (expression): Nikēphoros, ho Vasilakēs, active 12th century. Progymnasmata. English. (Beneker and Gibson) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2017018351

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 387-388) and index.

Contents:

Introduction -- Fables -- Narratives -- Maxims -- Refutation -- Confirmation -- Encomium -- Ethopoeiae.

Summary:

"Progymnasmata, preliminary exercises in the study of declamation, were the cornerstone of elite education from Hellenistic through Byzantine times. Using material from Greek literary, mythological, and historical traditions, students and writers composed examples ranging from simple fables to complex arguments about fictional laws. In the Byzantine period, the spectrum of source material expanded to include the Bible and Christian hagiography and theology. This collection was written by Nikephoros Basilakes, imperial notary and teacher at the prestigious Patriarchal School in Constantinople during the twelfth century. In his texts, Basilakes made significant use of biblical themes, especiallly in character studies--known as ethopoeiae--featuring King David, the Virgin Mary, and Saint Peter. The Greek exercises presented here, translated into English for the first time, shed light on education under the Komnenian emperors and illuminate literary culture during one of the most important epochs in the long history of the Byzantine Empire."-- Provided by publisher.

Series:

Dumbarton Oaks medieval library ; 43

ISBN:

0674660242
9780674660243

OCLC:

(OCoLC)946788062

LCCN:

2016011699

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)