The motif of wisdom in the Byzantine ‘Book of Syntipas the Philosopher’
The Book of Syntipas the Philosopher’ (‘BSP’) was translated from Syriac into Greek during the last decades of the 11th century. The prologue implicitly situates this work within didactic court literature. Much of the ‘BSP’ unfolds in a manner common to all Eastern versions, with two distinctive sec...
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Heidelberg University Publishing
2023
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