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Selected poems of Gregory of Nazianzus : I.2.17, II.1.10, 19, 32 : a critical edition with introduction and commentary
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ISSN: 00851671 ISBN: 9783525252871 3525252870 3666252877 Year: 2009 Volume: 177 Publisher: Göttingen : Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht,

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St. Gregory of Nazianzus' (ca. AD 330-390) classicizing Christian verse is the earliest Greek verse of its kind that survives in any great quantity. This is a critical edition, with introduction and commentary, of four poems (I.2.17; II.1.10, 19, 32). The commentary is primarily linguistic, but attention is paid to historical and theological matters. The poems' fate in Byzantium is also examined and three Byzantine paraphrases are edited in an appendix.The introduction examines features of Gregory's poetry in general. Gregory was an enthusiastic reader of Callimachus and his use of poetic allusion deserves special attention.


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Selected poems of Gregory of Nazianzus : I.2.17 ; II.1.10, 19, 32 : a critical edition with introduction and commentary
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ISBN: 9783666252877 Year: 2009 Publisher: Göttingen Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht

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Life of the Virgin Mary
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ISBN: 9780674290808 0674290801 Year: 2023 Publisher: Cambridge: Harvard University Press,

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John Geometres (ca. 935–ca. 1000) was one of the most highly esteemed poets and authors in Byzantium; yet his most important text, the Life of the Virgin Mary, remains largely unknown today. This literary and rhetorical masterpiece stands as a work of outstanding theological sophistication, animated by deeply felt devotion to the Mother of God. Geometres’s distinctive and idiosyncratic narrative offers a comprehensive biography, from Mary’s ancestry to her death and beyond, with special emphasis on her direction of Christ’s female disciples, her active participation in the passion and resurrection, and her leadership of the nascent Church. The Life has been rightly considered a critical missing piece in a larger puzzle connecting early Marian writings with later works.

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