Title: The Homilies of the Emperor Leo VI /
Authors: Antonopoulou, Theodora
Publisher: Brill,
Year: 1997
Subjects: Leo; Orthodox Eastern Church Byzantine Empire Sermons History and criticism.; Preaching Byzantine Empire History.; Sermons, Greek Byzantine Empire History and criticism.; Preaching Byzantine Empire History; Sermons, Medieval History and criticism; Byzantine Empire Church history.; Byzantine Empire History
Contents: The homilies of Leo VI. Author and his work. ; The homilies of Leo VI : a presentation ; The emperor and his homilies ; The chronology of the homilies ; Political ideology in the homilies ; The style of the homilies -- The homilies of Leo VI and the homiletic tradition. The development of the Byzantine homiletic tradition (fourth-tenth centuries) ; The homilies of Leo VI : the homilies on saints ; The Marian homilies ; The dominical homilies ; The homilies on special occasions ; Conclusions of part two -- Appendix one. The authenticity of Homily 42 -- Appendix two. The Byzantine dodecasyllable in Homily 26 -- Appendix three. Leo VI and Photios : the testimony of the homilies.