Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies (Feb 2015)

Michael Choniates at the Christian Parthenon and the <i>Bendideia</i> Festival of <i>Republic</i> 1

  • Byron David MacDougall

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 55, no. 1
pp. 273 – 299

Abstract

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Choniates’ inaugural sermon as bishop of Athens carefully echoes Plato’s image of the passing on of the torch, so as to emphasize the continuity of Christian Athens with its pagan past.