In this paper I reconsider the occasion of the first performance of Paul the Silentiary’s Ekphrasis of St. Sophia on the basis of both textual and external evidence. I suggest that the performative context must be taken into account in the overall interpretation of the poem as a document of Justinian’s building and religious policy.
The Emperor and the Patriarch: Reconsidering the Occasion of Paul the Silentiary's Ekphrasis of St. Sophia / Varca, Matteo Domenico. - In: BYZANTINISCHE ZEITSCHRIFT. - ISSN 1868-9027. - 1:119(2026), pp. 199-214. [10.1515/bz-2026-0010]
The Emperor and the Patriarch: Reconsidering the Occasion of Paul the Silentiary's Ekphrasis of St. Sophia
Varca, Matteo Domenico
2026
Abstract
In this paper I reconsider the occasion of the first performance of Paul the Silentiary’s Ekphrasis of St. Sophia on the basis of both textual and external evidence. I suggest that the performative context must be taken into account in the overall interpretation of the poem as a document of Justinian’s building and religious policy.File allegati a questo prodotto
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