The Date of Theognostos' Orthography: A Reappraisal
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Theodora Antonopoulou
Abstract
Theognostos is a well-known author of a surviving orthographical work and a lost history of the revolt of Euphemios in Sicily. Although the dating of the Orthography was the subject of controversy in the distant past, the issue has long been considered as settled: the work is generally thought to have been dedicated to Emperor Leo V (813–820), not Leo VI (886–912), as the opposite opinion held. The present article reexamines the problem on the basis of a re-evaluation of all available evidence as well as by bringing new parallels into the discussion. The solution reached goes some way in-between the two previous propositions. According to it, the Orthography would still derive from Theognostos' teaching experience in the first half of the ninth century (its second quarter in particular), but would date from mid-century. The dedication of the author's magnum opus would have taken place much later, in the very early reign of Leo VI, for reasons also discussed here. Thus, Theognostos emerges as a ninth-century figure and a contemporary of Patriarch Photios.
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- The Date of Theognostos' Orthography: A Reappraisal
- New Testament Book Epigrams. Some New Evidence from the Eleventh Century
- Echi del Romanzo e di Procopio di Gaza in Filagato Cerameo
- Kritisches Zu Kaiserzeitlichen und Byzantinischen Epigrammen
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- Anastasius of Sinai: Biblical Scholar
- Byzantine Responses to the Battlefield Tactics of the Armies of the Turkoman Principalities: The Battle of Pelekanos (1329)
- Ewole שדח שאד: The Announcement of the New Moon in Romaniote Synagogues
- Byzantine Lead Seals and Other Minor Objects from Mystras: New Historical Evidence for the Region of Byzantine Lakedaimon
- Sirmian Martyrs in Exile Pannonian Case-Studies Anda Re-Evaluation of The St. Demetrius Problem
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