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Byzantine poetry on its own terms, with Marc Lauxtermann

A conversation with Marc Lauxtermann on how to read Byzantine poetry on its own terms and in its own context. We talk about how modern Romantic notions of poetry as well as the ancient meters of classical Greek have distorted the expectations that we place on Byzantine poetry, and then discuss the specific contexts that gave rise to poetry in Byzantine society. Who were the poets? How did poems accompany objects and events?

Marc Lauxtermann is a Professor of Byzantine and Modern Greek Language and Literature at the University of Oxford. You can learn more about his research on his university webpage. The conversation is based on Marc’s magisterial and highly recommended Byzantine Poetry from Pisides to Geometres: Texts and Contexts, 2 volumes (Vienna 2003 and 2019).

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Byzantium & Friends is hosted by Anthony Kaldellis, Professor and Chair of the Department of Classics at The Ohio State University. You can follow him on his personal website.

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Top Image: British Library Egerton MS 3157, f. 45v

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