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This article discusses the Parekbolai on the Iliad by the twelfth-century Byzantine scholar Eustathius of Thessalonike. It aims to give an impression of the various types of information included in the Parekbolai, for which it takes as... more
Les commentaires sur le grand Homère sont légion, cependant très inégaux en qualité. Les débordements littéraires et superficiels ont achevé de transformer jusqu’à nos jours sa momie pour en faire le splendide ornement de salon que nous... more
In this work, I present a collation of several humanistic manuscripts, specially the epistolary preface of Eustathius of Thessalonica’s (XII A.D.) Parekbolai on the Description of the Known World by Dionisius Periegetes (II A.D.).... more
More than 2 millennia of Jewish presence in Thessaloniki have shaped both the city and its Jews. The Jews of Thessaloniki, in most instances, were subject to the fortunes and misfortunes of their coreligionists in the realms of the... more
The Byzantine peasantry has been traditionally analyzed through documentary sources and material evidence. This study attempts to complement the existing scholarship on the peasantry by showing how a perception-based, socio-cultural angle... more
Επαναφέροντας στη μνήμη ένα χαμένο σήμερα ενεπίγραφο βάθρο της λατρείας των Καβείρων στην Αμφίπολη, μέσα από 3 παλαιές δημοσιεύσεις, ερμηνεύοντας την επιγραφή και αναλύοντας την σχέση της Αθηνάς και του Ηφαίστου, με τους μεταλλοτεχνίτες,... more
This paper focuses on mental conflict, i.e. the situation that arises when a person is subject to conflicting motives or impulses to act. The paper focuses on how the Homeric poems represent the process, how that representation has been... more
Homer the Rhetorician is the first monograph study devoted to the monumental Commentary on the Iliad by Eustathios of Thessalonike, one of the most renowned orators and teachers of the Byzantine twelfth century. Homeric poetry was a... more
A combination of translation and spoliation defines the Homeric commentaries of Eustathios of Thessalonike. Eustathios' rhetorical translation of Homer seeks to assist contemporary rhetors in attaining polymathy, oratorical excellence,... more
«Αξίες, ιδανικά, όνειρα… άυλα αγαθά, μη μετρήσιμα και όμως τόσο πολύτιμα».
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This book analyzes Byzantine examples of witness literature, a genre that focuses on eyewitness accounts written by slaves, prisoners, refugees, and other victims of historical atrocity. It focuses on such episodes in three nonfictional... more
Analysis of euripidean quotations in Eustathius' works.
Taking its cue from a biographical anecdote reported by Eustathios of Thessalonike in the introduction to his Commentary on the Odyssey (Homer allegedly found the material for his poems in some book rolls penned by one Lady Phantasia),... more
"Since the discovery of Ferdinand de Saussure's anagram research, a whole piece regarding Homeric texts has been left undisclosed. By studying related unpublished manuscripts, the steps of the linguist's quest for a phonic reproduction as... more
This paper explores the reception of Aristophanes in the scholarly-didactic works of John Tzetzes, Gregory Pardos, and Eustathios of Thessalonike as texts facilitating the literary reception of the comic poet. It studies the reception of... more
La paréchèse est une figure assez tardive dans l’histoire de la rhétorique grecque. Elle est mentionnée pour la première fois dans un traité attribué à Hermogène de Tarse, soit pas avant le IIe siècle de notre ère. Définie comme « un... more
A detailed analysis of the scholiastic and Eustathian material concerning the variants δόσκεν / δόσκον / δῶκεν in Il. 14.382 is performed. Examination of the manuscripts and an investigation into the history of the modern studies suggests... more
This article explores the role of the gods in the Iliad as analysed by Eustathius of Thessaloniki in his Commentary on the Iliad. Eustathius aims to identify the principles and techniques that underlie Homer’s successful composition and... more
Paper given at the Leeds Medieval Culture and War Conference (University of Leeds, 5th-6th May 2016) The Norman leaders of the Hauteville family launched overall four campaigns in the Balkans against the Byzantine Empire from 1081 to... more
Review article of: Eustathii Thessalonicensis Exegesis in Canonem Iambicum Pentecostalem, recensuerunt indicibusque instruxerunt Paolo Cesaretti – Silvia Ronchey (Supplementa Byzantina, 10). Berlin-Boston, Walter De Gruyter 2014, in... more
More than 2 millennia of Jewish presence in Thessaloniki have shaped both the city and its Jews. The Jews of Thessaloniki, in most instances, were subject to the fortunes and misfortunes of their coreligionists in the realms of the... more
La profecía de Tiresias anuncia el viaje de Odiseo hacia el interior del continente con la finalidad de congraciarse con Poseidón. Este hecho ocurre en el lugar donde el héroe astuto encuentra un pueblo que ignora el mar. Tucídides y... more
In this paper it is argued that the proem of the Parekbolai on the Iliad by Eustathios of Thessalonike gives a practical example of the use to which the lessons in his work are to be put. It explores how Eustathios advertises himself as a... more
1) In Ar. fr. 938 [dub.] K.–A. κνιστά (like στέμφυλα) is autonomous from λάχανα (also in the lexicographical tradition); 2) there is no reason to consider Ar. fr. 941 [dub.] K.–A. (ἀμφήκη γνάθον) as a misreading or variant of Ar. Nub.... more
The history of the Jews of and in Thessaloniki is a vast topic that has been addressed by a number of historians and researchers over the years. After all, it is inexorably linked with the history of the other people of the geographic... more
This paper raises some methodological issues concerning the edition of fragments from indirect sources, at the same time that it analyses and evaluates the textual variants of Menander’s Carchedonius fr. 2, by studying 1) how... more
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Defining epic in Ancient Greece. A contribution to the History of the idea of epic (5th century BC - 12th century AD). The book studies ancient definitions of epic as a literary genre, from Herodotus to Eustathius. It highlights the... more