Songs About Women : Romanos The Melodist / edited and translated by Thomas Arentzen.

At a time when Christianity was becoming the dominant religion in the Byzantine Roman Empire, Romanos the Melodist (ca. 485–565) was a composer of songs for festivals and rituals in late antique Constantinople. This volume collects 18 of his works which feature important female characters. All the texts are presented in the original Bzyantine-Greek, and in English translations. With an introduction, notes, bibliography, and index.

xxxii, 536 p.; 21 cm.
Cloth

Language: Multiple Languages
ISBN: 0674290933
ISBN13: 9780674290938