Scholars of Byzantium

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter

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• Note on the revised edition, 1996 (page viii)

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• Preface (page ix)

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• Abbreviations (page x)

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• 1. Introduction
  • (i) Literacy culture in Byzantium (page 1)

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  • (ii) Atticism (page 4)

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  • (iii) The ancient authors and the Christians (page 8)

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  • (iv) Censorship (page 12)

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  • (v) The ancient authors as school texts (page 18)

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• 2. The Schools of Late Antiquity
  • (i) Antioch (page 28)

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  • (ii) Gaza (page 30)

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  • (iii) Scholia (page 33)

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  • (iv) Athens (page 36)

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  • (v) Alexandria (page 42)

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  • (vi) Constantinople (page 49)

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• 3. Dark Ages and Iconoclasm
  • (i) Interlude (page 61)

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  • (ii) Two changes in production: paper and a new script (page 63)

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  • (iii) Fresh signs of activity (page 68)

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• 4. A New Start
  • (i) Leo the Philosopher (page 79)

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  • (ii) The evidence of manuscripts from c. 800 to c. 875 (page 85)

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• 5. Photius
  • (i) Introduction (page 89)

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  • (ii) The Lexicon (page 90)

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  • (iii) The Bibliotheca (page 93)

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  • (iv) The letters (page 111)

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  • (v) The Amphilochia (page 114)

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• 6. Arethas
  • (i) The extant manuscripts (page 120)

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  • (ii) Other texts (page 126)

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  • (iii) Arethas as a reader (page 130)

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• 7. From Arethas' Contemporaries to the End of the Tenth Century
  • (i) The activity of copyists (page 136)

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  • (ii) Education and patronage (page 140)

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  • (iii) The Suda (page 145)

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• 8. The Eleventh Century
  • (i) Introduction: the schools (page 148)

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  • (ii) John Mauropous (page 151)

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  • (iii) John Italos (page 153)

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  • (iv) Michael Psellos (page 156)

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  • (v) Some critical essays on Christian authors (page 166)

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  • (vi) Response to the classics of pagan literature (page 172)

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  • (vii) The epitome of Dio Cassius (page 179)

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• 9. From Alexius Comnenus to the Fourth Crusade
  • (i) The early years (page 180)

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  • (ii) Gregory of Corinth (page 184)

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  • (iii) The brothers Tzetzes (page 190)

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  • (iv) Eustathius (page 196)

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  • (v) Michael Choniates (page 204)

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  • (vi) A mysterious partnership (page 206)

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• 10. Greek in Italy and Sicily
  • (i) From late antiquity to the eleventh century (page 209)

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  • (ii) The twelfth century (page 212)

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  • (iii) An essay on a Greek novel (page 216)

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• 11. Disaster and Recovery
  • (i) Nicaea (page 218)

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  • (ii) Gregory of Cyprus (page 223)

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  • (iii) Other evidence (page 225)

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  • (iv) A second glance westwards (page 226)

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• 12. The Palaeologan Revival
  • (i) Introduction (page 229)

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  • (ii) Maximus Planudes (page 230)

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  • (iii) Some lesser contemporaries (page 241)

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  • (iv) Other students of Greek poetry (page 244)

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  • (v) Demetrius Triclinius (page 249)

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  • (vi) Theodorus Metochites (page 256)

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• 13. The Epigoni (page 265)
• Epilogue (page 273)

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• Addenda (page 276)

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• Index (page 280)

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