Λόγων στεφάνοισ, οἷα τιμίοισ Λίθοισ. Rhetorical and discursive procedures in iambic calendar of Christophoros Mitylenaios
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Matilde Casas-Olea
Universidad de Granada
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2430-3156
Abstract
In 11th century Constantinople the poet Christophoros Mitylenaios composed a metrical calendar in iambics, in which he reproduced in verse all the feasts and conmemorations of saints included in the synaxarion. Later he wrote three more variants, with different metric forms, and established himself as the initiator of a new literary subgenre, which obtained a successful reception in the byzantine society, as well as was quickly included in the liturgy of the Constantinopolitan Church. This article analyzes process of composition of the iambic calendar, understanding it as a product of the confluence of the hagiographical and epigrammatic traditions, of the rhetorical instruction of its time and of the authorial interpretation. for that purpose, a study is carried out into structural schemes and expressive and pragmatical discursive strategies with the aim of identifying the patterns that define the metrical calendar as an original literary genre.Keywords:
metrical calendar, Christophoros Mitylenaios, ekphrasis, λογοπαίγνια, epigram, hagiographyReferences
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