The beard and its philosopher: Theodore Prodromos on the philosopher's beard in Byzantium

• Autor: Kucharski, Janek ; Marciniak, Przemysław
• Materias: 12th century ; 1st century ; 3rd century ; Byzantine civilization ; Historical text analysis ; Literary criticism ; Men ; Philosophers ; Philosophy ; Rhetoric ; Social criticism & satire ; Teachers
• Es parte de: Byzantine and modern Greek studies, 2017-04, Vol.41 (1), p.45-54
• Descripción: The following paper analyses Theodore Prodromos’ satire, Against the old man with a long beard. It argues that the text which is heavily based on the ancient tradition of ridiculing philosophers is in fact directed against the twelfth-century fellow teachers of Prodromos.
  
• Editor: Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press
  
• Idioma: Inglés