Eustathios at Prodromos Petra? Some Remarks on the Manuscript Tradition of the Exegesis in Canonem Iambicum Pentecostalem

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Table of Contents V
3. Introduction 1
4. Eustathian Moments 9
5. I. Eustathios as a scholar
6. Eustathius’ Use of Ancient Scholarship in his Commentary on the Iliad: Some Remarks 79
7. A Technical Approach to the Etymological Remarks of Eustathius in his Commentary on Iliad Book 6 111
8. Eustathios on Homer’s Narrative Art: the Homeric Gods and the Plot of the Iliad 129
9. Was Eustathius Afraid of the Blank Page? 149
10. In my end is my beginning: Eustathios’ Ἐξήγησις εἰς τὸν ἰαμβικὸν κανόνα τῆς Πεντηκοστῆς. At the origins of Byzantine philology 167
11. Eustathios at Prodromos Petra? Some Remarks on the Manuscript Tradition of the Exegesis in Canonem Iambicum Pentecostalem 181
12. “Captain of Homer’s guard”: the reception of Eustathius in Modern Europe 199
13. II. Eustathios’ style
14. Proverbs in Eustathius: Some Examples 229
15. Orator or Grammarian? Eustathios in his Work Ad Stylitam quendam Thessalonicensem 243
16. Λυκοφρονείως ἢ ἄλλως διθυραμβικῶς: Eustathius’ Enigmatic Stylistic Terms and the Polyphony of the Iambic Pentecostal Canon 253
17. III. Eustathios and history
18. Achaeans on Crusade 285
19. Eustathios as a Source for Historical Information. Decoding Indirect Allusions in his Works 299
20. More than a Shepherd to his Flock: Eustathios and the Management of Ecclesiastical Property 309
21. History has no End: Originality and Human Progress in Eustathios’ Second Oration for Michael III o tou Anchialou 331
22. General index 357
23. Index locorum potiorum 363