Byzantine poetry

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Byzantine literature medieval Greek literature poetic tradition

Byzantine poetry is the body of verse composed in the Byzantine Empire, blending classical Greek literary traditions with Christian themes and medieval Greek language.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Byzantine frontier ballad tradition	1

Statements (69)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Byzantine literature ⓘ medieval Greek literature ⓘ poetic tradition ⓘ
developsFrom	Late Antique Greek hymnography ⓘ classical Greek metric traditions ⓘ
flourishedInCentury	10th century ⓘ 11th century ⓘ 12th century ⓘ 14th century ⓘ 6th century ⓘ 9th century ⓘ
hasCulturalContext	Byzantine court culture ⓘ Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ monastic culture ⓘ
hasForm	canon ⓘ didactic verse ⓘ encomium ⓘ epic poetry ⓘ epigram ⓘ hymnography ⓘ kontakion ⓘ political verse ⓘ satirical verse ⓘ
hasInfluenceFrom	Ancient Greek poetry ⓘ Christian literature ⓘ Hellenistic poetry ⓘ Late Antique Greek literature ⓘ
hasLegacyIn	Eastern Orthodox liturgical chant ⓘ Modern Greek poetry ⓘ
hasLocation	Byzantine Empire ⓘ
hasNotableAuthor	Andrew of Crete ⓘ Christopher of Mytilene ⓘ George of Pisidia ⓘ John Mauropous ⓘ John Tzetzes ⓘ John of Damascus ⓘ Kassia ⓘ Manuel Philes ⓘ Michael Psellos ⓘ Nikephoros Basilakes ⓘ Romanos the Melodist ⓘ Theodore Prodromos ⓘ Theodore Studites ⓘ
hasPeriod	Late Antiquity ⓘ surface form: Early Byzantine period Late Byzantine period ⓘ Middle Byzantine period ⓘ
hasScript	Greek alphabet ⓘ
hasTheme	Christian theology ⓘ biblical narratives ⓘ court panegyric ⓘ epigrammatic reflection ⓘ erotic love ⓘ hagiography ⓘ imperial ideology ⓘ religious devotion ⓘ saints' lives ⓘ satire ⓘ
isUsedIn	Byzantine liturgy ⓘ Orthodox Christian worship ⓘ
relatedTo	Byzantine hymnography ⓘ Byzantine chant ⓘ surface form: Byzantine music Byzantine rhetoric ⓘ Greek epigram tradition ⓘ
timePeriod	4th century to 15th century ⓘ
usesLanguage	Medieval Greek ⓘ
usesMetre	accentual metre ⓘ dodecasyllable ⓘ political verse metre ⓘ quantitative metre ⓘ

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Digenis Akritas → partOfTradition → Byzantine poetry ⓘ

this entity surface form: Byzantine frontier ballad tradition

Medieval Greek → usedFor → Byzantine poetry ⓘ