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The Byzantine Warrior Hero
Chrysovalantis Kyriacou examines how memories of the pre-Christian past, Christian militarism, power struggles, and ethnoreligious encounters have left their long-term imprint on Cypriot culture. One of the most impressive examples of this phenomenon is the preservation and transformative adaptation of Byzantine heroic themes, motifs, and symbols in Cypriot folk songs. By combining a variety of written sources and archaeological material in his interdisciplinary examination, the author reconstructs the image of the Byzantine warrior hero in the songs, recovering the mentalities of overshadowed social protagonists and stressing the role of subaltern communities as active agents in the shaping of history.
Orthodox Cyprus under the Latins, 1191–1571
Medieval and Renaissance Cyprus was a fascinating place of ethnic, cultural, and religious encounters. Following almost nine centuries of Byzantine rule, Cyprus was conquered by the Crusaders in 1191, becoming (until 1571) the most important stronghold of Latin Christianity in the Eastern Mediterranean—first under the Frankish dynasty of the Lusignans, and later under the Venetians. Modern historiographical readings of Cypriot identity in medieval and early modern times have been colored by British colonialism, Greek nationalism, and Cyprocentric revisionism. Although these perspectives have offered valuable insights into the historical experience of Latin-ruled Cypriots, they have partial...
Cyprus To-day
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ASMOSIA VII
Proceedings of the 7th International Conference of the Association for the Study of Marble and Other Stones in Antiquity organized by the French School of Athens, the National Center for Schientific Research "DIMOKRITOS", the 18th Ephoreia of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities (Kavala) and the Institute of Geology and Mineral Exploration, Thassos, September 15-20, 2003.
The Classical Review
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Presbeia Theotokou
The present book is dedicated to one main aspect of the Marian cult: it investigates the historical process that made Mary, mother of Jesus, the most prominent intercessor across the Byzantine Empire at the end of Iconoclasm (843). The study touches religious and social issues, it refers only to contemporary ideas and sources and distinguishes itself consciously from later mariological concepts.
Wiener Studien
Athanassios Vergados, Penelope's Fat Hand Reconsidered (Odyssey 21,6); Rudolf Stefec, Kollation der Handschrift Zu (Turyn). Ein Beitrag zur Erforschung der paläologischen Vulgata des Sophokles; Luigi Belloni, Una Provocazione Apolloniana. Apollonio Rodio 'EonBoc (Vita A, 8ss. Wendel); Marcelle Laplace, Des Armes et des Mots. Reflets Contrastés de l'Ancienne Athà ̈nes dans le Roman de Chariton d'Aphrodisias; Stefanie Jahn, Die Darstellung der Troer und Griechen in den Kampfszenen der Posthomerica des Quintus von Smyrna; David Butterfield, Emendations on the fourth book of Lucretius; Neil Adkin, Wet Rams: The Etymology of aries in Virgil; Gerrit Kloss, Von Zeiten und Rhythmen. Zu Tac. ann. 3, 55; Petr Kitzler, Nihil enim anima si non corpus. Tertullian und die Körperlichkeit der Seele; Isabella Schiller - Dorothea Weber - Clemens Weidmann, Sechs neue Augustinuspredigten. Teil 2 mit Edition dreier Sermones zum Thema Almosen; Rainer Jakobi, Ein Triptychon aus Nola. Zur Interpretation des neugefundenen Paulinus-Titulus; Gottfried Eugen Kreuz, Inquiri mihi necesse est... Ã_berlegungen zu drei vermuteten kleineren Genesiskommentaren Wigbods; Rezensionen und Kurzanzeigen.
Lorenzo Lotto
Discover the expressive sensitivity and immediacy of Lorenzo Lotto's portraits in this sumptuous book, which accompanies the major exhibition at the Prado Celebrated as one of the greatest portraitists of the Italian Renaissance, Lorenzo Lotto uniquely portrayed a cross section of middle-class sitters, among them clerics, merchants and humanists. Lotto depicted men, women and children in compositions rich in symbolism and imbued with great psychological depth. The prominent addition of objects which hinted at the social status, interests, and aspirations of his subjects added meaning to each work. With the inclusion of documents that have survived from Lotto's own account books, this catalogue provides extraordinary insight into the artist's individualistic style and the people he portrayed.
