Gregory of Nazianzus (ca. CE 330-390), an important theologian of the early Christian Church and the most widely read and imitated patristic author in Byzantium, produced a great amount of poetry in traditional classical language and metres. This talk will present various aspects of his poems’ transmission and reception history. An intriguing question that arises is whether these poems won a place in the school curriculum.
Christos Simelidis is Assistant Professor in Late Antique and Byzantine Literature at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He is currently a Fellow in Byzantine Studies at Dumbarton Oaks in Washington, D.C.
All are welcome.
Originally published at medieval.nd.edu.