Description: Ignatios the Deacon's correspondence has remained practically unknown to scholars. Some of his letters deal with literary trifles, while others illuminate the social and economic history of the period. Taken together in The Correspondence of Ignatios the Deacon, his letters afford a unique glimpse into the activity of a Byzantine intellectual.
Brief description: Stephanos Efthymiadis is Professor in Byzantine Studies at the Open University of Cyprus.