Toward a Byzantine Definition of Metaphrasis

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  • Daria D. Resh Brown University

Abstract

Metaphrasis became a major hagiographical practice from the tenth century on, with Choiroboskos (ninth cent.) a key figure in its development; but it gained only limited recognition in Byzantine rhetorical theory.

Author Biography

Daria D. Resh, Brown University

PhD Candidate, Department of Classics, Brown University

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2015-05-12

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