num_pages: 404
description: This book contains a critical edition of 27 chapters of Semeioseis gnomikai, a collection of 120 essays by the Byzantine statesman and scholar Theodore Metochites (1270-1332). Four volumes are eventually planned. Partial contents include: The Manuscripts-Paris, Venice, Escorial. The Muller and Kiessling edition. Text, translation, notes. The antithesis of philosophy &amp; rhetoric. Semeioseis gnomikai-brief description, models, parallels. Beck on the nature of the Semeioseis, The preface-titles, aporia. Purpose. Poem 12. Nikephoros Gregoras, Letter 23. Metochites on prose style. Bibliography. Index of passages. Index of Greek words. Index of Greek names.
language: English
title: Theodore Metochites On Ancient Authors And Philosophy: Semeioseis Gnomikai 1 26 & 71:  A Critical Edition With Introduction, Translation, Notes, And Indexes
titlecomplete: Theodore Metochites On Ancient Authors And Philosophy: Semeioseis Gnomikai 1 26 & 71:  A Critical Edition With Introduction, Translation, Notes, And Indexes
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publisher: Goteborgs Universitet Acta Univ