Description:
Byzantine Readings of Ancient Historians includes translations of texts written by Byzantines on specific ancient historians. Each translated text is accompanied by an introduction and notes to highlight the specific context and purpose of its composition. In order to present a rounded picture of the reception of Greek historiography in
Review Quotes:
"Kaldellis's translations are a pleasure to read. The notes and introductions to the translations will surely be highly informative for readers without knowledge of Byzantine history... I appreciate how the book depicts the ancient and Byzantine approaches, demonstrating how each tradition can complement and --even if it sounds paradoxical -- explain the other. Kaldellis's book stands as yet another success in making Byzantine intellectual culture more accessible."
- Przemyslaw Marciniak, University of Silesia, Poland, in the Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2016
"... elegant... an original collection of texts from the middle and the late Byzantine era ... [this] anthology is an important and original one."
- Irene-Sophia Kiapidou, University of Patras, Greece, BYZANTINA SYMMEIKTA 2018