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An Unpublished Byzantine Lament for a Learned Man

    Maria TOMADAKI

Jahrbuch der Österreichischen Byzantinistik 73, pp. 233-249, 2024/03/06

doi: 10.1553/joeb73s233

doi: 10.1553/joeb73s233

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doi:10.1553/joeb73s233



doi:10.1553/joeb73s233

Abstract

The article includes the editio princeps, an English translation and a commentary of an unpublished Byzantine lament in elegiac distichs. The poem is preserved in a philosophical manuscript that belonged to the cardinal Bessarion (cod. Marc. gr. Z 197) and is dedicated to a learned man called Trikanas Kantzas, who is not known from other sources. It is distinguished by its secular style, its adaptation of Homeric language and its emotional expression of feelings of grief.

Keywords: Lament; Trikanas Kantzas; Editio Princeps; Elegiac Distichs; Late Byzantine Poetry