Christian Novels from the Menologion of Symeon Metaphrastes (Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library)

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Created within the tenth century, perhaps as an imperial commission, the Menologion is a number of rewritings of saints’ lives at the beginning intended to be read at services and products for Christian feast days. Yet Symeon Metaphrastes’s stories also abound in transgression and violence, punishment and redemption, love and miracles. They resemble Greek novels of the first centuries of the Common Era, highlighting intense emotions and that specialize in desire, both sacred and profane.

Symeon Metaphrastes used to be celebrated for rescuing martyrdom accounts and saints’ biographies that differently may have been lost. His Menologion, a few of the most necessary Byzantine works, represents the culmination of a well-established tradition of Greek Christian storytelling. A landmark of Byzantine religious and literary culture, the Menologion used to be revered for centuries―copied in hundreds of manuscripts, recited publicly, and adapted into other medieval languages. This edition presents the first English translation of six Christian novels excerpted from Symeon’s text, all of them featuring women who defy social expectations.

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