The Bibliotheca (Hardcover, Annotated edition)


Photius was a ninth-century patriarch of Constantinople who compiled summaries of 280 books he had read, known at the Bibliotheca. It deals with Attic, Hellenistic, Roman imperial and Byzantine sources, about half of which are now lost. Here Nigel Wilson presents an annotated edition in translation of a wide selection from these book reviews, with the aim of revealing the breadth of Photius' interests.

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Photius was a ninth-century patriarch of Constantinople who compiled summaries of 280 books he had read, known at the Bibliotheca. It deals with Attic, Hellenistic, Roman imperial and Byzantine sources, about half of which are now lost. Here Nigel Wilson presents an annotated edition in translation of a wide selection from these book reviews, with the aim of revealing the breadth of Photius' interests.

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Imprint

Bristol Classical Press

Country of origin

United Kingdom

Release date

May 1994

Availability

Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days

First published

April 2013

Authors

Volume editors

Dimensions

244 x 170 x 15mm (L x W x T)

Format

Hardcover - Laminated cover

Pages

274

Edition

Annotated edition

ISBN-13

978-0-7156-2612-2

Barcode

9780715626122

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LSN

0-7156-2612-4



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