Shining castles and humans of metal/floral appearance – metaphorical language in the Palaiologan romances Kallimachos and Velthandros

About eight centuries after Heliodorus, the Greek novel resurfaced in the twelfth century, in Komnenian Byzantium, and again two centuries later under the Palaiologan dynasty. This latter literary revival was due to the political stability of the imperial Byzantine government, which promoted cultura...

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Main Author: Fonseca, Rui Carlos (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2020
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10451/41741
Country:Portugal
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