John Tzetzes’ theogony. Critical edition, literary analysis and cultural-historical contextualization

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2017 - 2020 (lopend)
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The project aims at the first critical edition of Tzetzes’ Theogony, which is a creative paraphrase of Hesiod’s Theogony and consists of approximately 855 political verses. My intention is to establish a reliable text of Tzetzes' poem by examining its manuscript tradition, its language, meter and style. Furthermore, I intend to provide a literary analysis of the text and explore its relation to the historical-cultural context of the Komnenian period.

Funded by the UGent Special Research Fund (BOF)

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