Byzantine Greek

The Patria is a fascinating four-book collection of short historical notes, stories, and legends Read More

In the early 1140s, the Bavarian princess Bertha von Sulzbach arrived in Read More

Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey were central to the educational system of Byzantium, yet the religion and Read More

Animal Fables of the Courtly Mediterranean is a treasure trove of stories Read More

Created in the tenth century, most likely as an imperial commission, the Menologion is Read More

Often simply called the Holy Mountain, Mount Athos was the most famous Read More

Sophronios, born in Damascus around 560, was a highly educated monk and Read More

The first complete, modern translation of one of the most important Byzantine Read More

Miracles occupied a unique place in medieval and Byzantine life and thought. Read More

Maximos the Confessor (580–662) occupies a unique position in the history of Byzantine Read More

Maximos the Confessor (580–662) occupies a unique position in the history of Byzantine Read More

On Morals or Concerning Education is an exhortation on the importance of education Read More

A collection of medieval tales of Byzantine saints, including some rejected by Read More

Saints of Ninth- and Tenth-Century Greece collects funeral orations, encomia, and narrative hagiography. Read More

A collection of ancient Byzantine hymns featuring women as pivotal characters, now Read More

The Byzantine Sinbad collects The Book of Syntipas the Philosopher and The Fables of Syntipas, both Read More

Among Greek histories of the fall of Constantinople in 1453, the work Read More

Among Greek histories of the fall of Constantinople in 1453, the work Read More

In 1039 Byzantium was the most powerful empire in Europe and the Read More

Theodore (759–826), abbot of the influential Constantinopolitan monastery of Stoudios, is celebrated Read More

The Life of Saint Neilos of Rossano is a masterpiece of historically accurate Read More

An authoritative new Greek edition and English translation of the life of Read More

Today the Byzantine mystic, writer, and monastic leader Symeon the New Theologian Read More

The witty and self-assertive poetry of Christopher of Mytilene and John Mauropous provides unique snapshots of Read More

Progymnasmata, preliminary exercises in the study of declamation, were the cornerstone of Read More

In 1204, brothers Alexios and David Komnenos became the unwitting founders of the Read More