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" Three political voices from the age of Justinian : "
translated with an introduction and notes by Peter N. Bell.
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BL
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856942
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Three political voices from the age of Justinian : : Agapetus, 'Advice to the Emperor' : Dialogue on political science : Paul the Silentiary, 'Description of Hagia Sophia' /\ translated with an introduction and notes by Peter N. Bell.
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Liverpool :: Liverpool University Press,, ©2009.
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Translated texts for historians ;; v. 52
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x, 249 pages :: map ;; 22 cm
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1846312094
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: 9781846312090
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| Notes
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The third translation in this collection, Paul the Silentiary's Description of Hagia Sophia, is given in abridged form to concentrate on the panegyric addressed to Emperor Justinian; the actual description of the church is omitted.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-230) and indexes.
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"This translation, with commentary and introduction, brings together three important, if generally neglected, works that cast great light on politics and ideology in early Byzantium. Agapetus wrote, c. 527-30 CE, from a position sympathetic to the emperor Justinian, when he had still to consolidate his authority. He sets out what an emperor must do to acquire legitimacy, in terms of government as the imitation of God. The Dialogue, written anonymously towards the end of the same reign, comprises fragments from Books 4-5 of a philosophically sophisticated (and now lost) longer work, setting out requirements for the ideal polity, based on a similar concept of imperial rule, with extensive comment on matters of current political salience but from an implicitly hostile standpoint. Not only does the text reflect the nature of Neoplatonic political philosophy but it also delves into the inner realities of the time, and the political problems of Constantinople during the first half of the sixth century. The third text was written by Paul the Silentiary to mark the re-dedication of the Great Church Hagia Sophia, built thirty years earlier under Justinian's orders."--Jacket.
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Justinian, I,483?-565.
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Agapētos., Ekthesis kephalaiōn parainetikōn
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Paul,active 6th century., Ekphrasis tou naou tēs Hagias Sophias.
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Agapetus, Ekthesis kephalaiōn parainetikōn
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Justinian, I,483?-565.
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Paulus, ca. um 562, Descriptio ecclesiae s. Sophiae
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Justinian (Byzantinisches Reich, Kaiser,1)
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Laudatory poetry, Greek, Translations into English.
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Political science, Early works to 1800.
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15.59 history of great parts of the world, peoples, civilizations: other.
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89.06 political philosophy.
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Bysantinsk litteratur.
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Bysantinska riket-- historia.
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Griechisch.
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Laudatory poetry, Greek.
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Nyplatonism.
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Political science.
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Politics and government.
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Politische Philosophie.
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Politieke filosofie
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Politieke filosofie.
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Descriptio ecclesiae s. Sophiae.
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Ekphrasis tou naou tēs Hagias Sophias (Paul, the Silentiary)
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Ekthesis kephalaiōn parainetikōn.
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Byzantine Empire, History, Justinian I, 527-565, Sources.
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Byzantine Empire, Politics and government, 527-1081.
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Byzantine Empire.
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Byzantinisches Reich.
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| Dewey Classification
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949.5
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DF531.T47 2009
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15.59bcl
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89.06bcl
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| Added Entry
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Agapētos.
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Paul,the Silentiary,active 6th century.
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Bell, P. N., (Peter Neville),1945-
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