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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Requires Authentication UnlicensedThe Date of Theognostos' Orthography: A ReappraisalLicensedNovember 4, 2010
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Requires Authentication UnlicensedNew Testament Book Epigrams. Some New Evidence from the Eleventh CenturyLicensedNovember 4, 2010
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Requires Authentication UnlicensedEchi del Romanzo e di Procopio di Gaza in Filagato CerameoLicensedNovember 4, 2010
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Requires Authentication UnlicensedKritisches Zu Kaiserzeitlichen und Byzantinischen EpigrammenLicensedNovember 4, 2010
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Requires Authentication UnlicensedProposte di Correzioni al Testo dei Nuovi ‘Morceaux Choisis’ di Michele PselloLicensedNovember 4, 2010
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Requires Authentication UnlicensedNiketas Stethatos der „Beherzte“?LicensedNovember 4, 2010
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Requires Authentication UnlicensedAnastasius of Sinai: Biblical ScholarLicensedNovember 4, 2010
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Requires Authentication UnlicensedByzantine Responses to the Battlefield Tactics of the Armies of the Turkoman Principalities: The Battle of Pelekanos (1329)LicensedNovember 4, 2010
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Requires Authentication UnlicensedEwole שדח שאד: The Announcement of the New Moon in Romaniote SynagoguesLicensedNovember 4, 2010
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Requires Authentication UnlicensedByzantine Lead Seals and Other Minor Objects from Mystras: New Historical Evidence for the Region of Byzantine LakedaimonLicensedNovember 4, 2010
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Requires Authentication UnlicensedSirmian Martyrs in Exile Pannonian Case-Studies Anda Re-Evaluation of The St. Demetrius ProblemLicensedNovember 4, 2010
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Requires Authentication UnlicensedUrban or Rural? Theoretical Remarks on the Settlement Patterns in Byzantine Epirus (7th–11th Centuries)LicensedNovember 4, 2010
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Requires Authentication UnlicensedII. AbteilungLicensedNovember 4, 2010
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Requires Authentication UnlicensedIII. AbteilungLicensedNovember 4, 2010