George of Pisidia

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Byzantine poet Christian writer Greek-language poet deacon

George of Pisidia was a 7th-century Byzantine poet and deacon of the Hagia Sophia in Constantinople, renowned for his verse chronicles of Emperor Heraclius’s military campaigns.

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Label	Occurrences
George of Pisidia canonical	1

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Byzantine poet ⓘ Christian writer ⓘ Greek-language poet ⓘ deacon ⓘ
approximateDate	early 7th century ⓘ mid 7th century ⓘ
associatedWith	Constantinople (probable) ⓘ surface form: Constantinople Heraclius ⓘ surface form: Emperor Heraclius Hagia Sophia ⓘ
centuryOfActivity	7th century ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Byzantine Empire ⓘ
culturalContext	Byzantine Greek ⓘ
describedAs	renowned for verse chronicles of Heraclius’s campaigns ⓘ
employer	Patriarchate of Constantinople ⓘ surface form: Church of Constantinople Hagia Sophia ⓘ
floruit	reign of Heraclius ⓘ
genre	epic poetry ⓘ panegyric ⓘ religious poetry ⓘ
influenced	later Byzantine poets ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	Greek ⓘ
literaryMovement	Byzantine poetry ⓘ surface form: Byzantine literature
literaryStyle	classical Greek meter ⓘ
notableWork	Bellum Avaricum ⓘ Contra Severum ⓘ De expeditione Heraclii imperatoris ⓘ De vanitate vitae ⓘ Heraclias ⓘ Hexameron ⓘ In Bonum Pastorem ⓘ
occupation	archdeacon ⓘ chartophylax ⓘ deacon of Hagia Sophia ⓘ poet ⓘ
placeOfWork	Constantinople (probable) ⓘ surface form: Constantinople
positionHeld	archdeacon of Hagia Sophia ⓘ chartophylax of the patriarchate of Constantinople ⓘ
regionOfOrigin	Pisidia ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
subjectOf	Byzantine literary scholarship ⓘ
wroteAbout	Siege of Constantinople (626) ⓘ surface form: Avar–Slavic siege of Constantinople (626) Roman–Persian Wars ⓘ surface form: Byzantine–Sasanian War of 602–628 Heraclius ⓘ surface form: Emperor Heraclius
wroteInVerse	yes ⓘ

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Byzantine poetry → hasNotableAuthor → George of Pisidia ⓘ