The Itinerary of Constantine Manasses: critical edition, translation, commentary
Abstract
The subject of the present thesis is the so-called Hodoiporikon (Itinerary), a poem by Constantine Manasses, a well-known learned man of the 12th century, in which the poet recites his impressions from his trip to the Holy Land, as a member of the delegation that was sent there, with the purpose of finding a bride for the Emperor Manuel Komnenos. The thesis is divided into three parts: Introduction, Critical Edition-Translation and Commentary. In the first part we deal initially with the life of Manasses and the historical background of the poem. Then, an attempt is being made to see the Hodoiporikon as part of the literary milieu of the 12th century, inasmuch the highly lyrical tone of the poem, the narrator’s distaste for trips and the constant invocation of Constantinople allow us to correlate the work with the epistolographic and novelistic production of the era, as well as with the theatra (literary salons). In the final chapters of the Introduction we deal with issues of text edi ...
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