Research Catalog

Title

Christian novels from the Menologion of Symeon Metaphrastes / edited and translated by Stratis Papaioannou.

Author

Symeon, Metaphrastes, active 10th century

Publication

• Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2017.
• ©2017

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Details

Additional Authors

Papaioannou, Stratis

Description

xxvi, 318 pages; 22 cm

Summary

"A landmark of Orthodox Christianity, Symeon Metaphrastes's tenth-century Menologion is one of the most important Byzantine literary creations. This was a liturgical book, usually in multiple volumes, that included various texts regarding the saints--mostly Passions (martyrdom accounts, or martyria) and Lives (biographies, or bioi)--arranged according to the sequence of feast days in the fixed Byzantine liturgical year that began on September 1. Its primary purpose was the provision of a text dedicated to each saint on his or her feast day to be read aloud during liturgical services (usually vigils, especially in monasteries, but also in urban churches). From the vast corpus of Metaphrastes's menologion, the following six texts were edited and translated into English for the first time in this volume: Life, Conduct, and Passion of Saints Kyprianos and Ioustina; Life and Conduct of Saint Pelagia of Antioch; Life, Conduct, and Passion of the Holy and Glorious Martyrs Galaktion and Episteme; Miracle Concerning Euphemia the Young Maiden; Passion of the Holy and Triumphant Martyr of Christ Barbara; Life, Conduct, and Passion of the Holy Martyr of Christ Saint Eugenia and Her Parents. These texts are united by the central role played by female protagonists; women who test social expectations take center stage. More importantly, these texts belong to a particular type of hagiographical story included in the original Metaphrastic collection, which we can view as "Christian novels."--

Series Statement

Dumbarton Oaks medieval library ; DOML 45

Uniform Title

Dumbarton Oaks medieval library ; 45.

Subjects

• Christian literature, Byzantine
• Orthodox Eastern Church Liturgy
• Christian saints > Biography > Early works to 1800
• Christian women saints > Biography > Early works to 1800
• Christian hagiography
• Symeon, Metaphrastes, active 10th century

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Language (note)

• Texts in Greek with English translations on facing pages; introduction and notes in English.

Contents

Life, conduct, and passion of Saints Kyprianos and Ioustina -- Life and conduct of Saint Pelagia of Antioch -- Life, conduct, and passion of the holy and glorious martyrs Galaktion and Episteme -- Miracle concerning Euphemia the young maiden -- Passion of the holy and triumphant martyr of Christ Barbara -- Life, conduct, and passion of the holy martyr of Christ Saint Eugenia and her parents.

Call Number

JFD 17-4959

ISBN

• 9780674975064
• 0674975065

LCCN

2016048602

OCLC

966410428

Author

Symeon, Metaphrastes, active 10th century, author.

Title

Christian novels from the Menologion of Symeon Metaphrastes / edited and translated by Stratis Papaioannou.

Publisher

Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2017.

Copyright Date

©2017

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Dumbarton Oaks medieval library ; DOML 45

Dumbarton Oaks medieval library ; 45.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Language

Texts in Greek with English translations on facing pages; introduction and notes in English.

Added Author

Papaioannou, Stratis, editor, translator.

Symeon, Metaphrastes, active 10th century. Menologion. Selections.

Symeon, Metaphrastes, active 10th century. Menologion. Selections. English.

Research Call Number

JFD 17-4959