Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
List of Figures
Notes on Contributors
Notes on Texts and Translations
Abbreviations
Introduction
Krystina Kubina and Alexander Riehle
PART 1: ESSAYS
1 Epigrams and Verse Letters in Palladas and Gregory of Nazianzos
Christos Simelidis
2 Epigrammata epistulam faciunt? Christopher of Mitylene to His Friends
Emilie van Opstall
3 Epistolarity in Twelfth-century Byzantine Poetry: Singing Praises and Asking Favors in absentia
Nikolaos Zagklas
4 Functions of Letters in Verse and Prose: A Comparison of Manuel Philes and Theodore Hyrtakenos
Krystina Kubina
5 Francesco Filelfo’s Verse Letters: Form, Content, and Function
Andreas Rhoby
PART 2: ANTHOLOGY
Texts
Palladas (1–2)
Christos Simelidis
Gregory of Nazianzos (3–5)
Christos Simelidis
Agathias — Paul the Silentiary (6–7)
Delphine Lauritzen
Dioskoros of Aphrodito (8)
Alexander Riehle
Theodore the Stoudite (9)
Alexander Riehle
Theodore and Theophanes Graptos — Methodios (10)
Alexander Riehle
Anonymous of Sola (11)
Floris Bernard
John Mauropous (12)
Floris Bernard
Michael Psellos (13)
Floris Bernard
Christopher of Mitylene (14–20)
Emilie van Opstall (14–19)
Przemysław Marciniak and Katarzyna Warcaba (20)
Theophylaktos of Ohrid (21–22)
Nikos Zagklas
Theodore Prodromos (23–25)
Nikos Zagklas
Manganeios Prodromos (26–29)
Elizabeth and Michael Jeffreys
Michael Hagiotheodorites (30)
Przemysław Marciniak and Katarzyna Warcaba
Pseudo-Psellos (31)
Floris Bernard
Euthymios Tornikes (32)
Nikos Zagklas
Libistros and Rhodamne (33–34)
Panagiotis A. Agapitos
Manuel Philes (35–45)
Krystina Kubina
Stephanos Sgouropoulos (46)
Krystina Kubina
Erotopaignia (47)
Alexander Riehle
Gerardos (48)
Alexander Riehle
Francesco Filelfo (49)
Andreas Rhoby
Angelo Poliziano (50–55)
Andreas Rhoby
John Clajus (56)
Andreas Rhoby
Commentary
Figures
Bibliography
General Index
Index of Manuscripts and Papyri