Prodromus, Theodore

Prodromus, Theodore

▪ Byzantine author
also called  Ptochoprodromus (Greek: “Poor Prodromus”)  
died c. 1166

      Byzantine writer, well known for his prose and poetry, some of which is in the vernacular.

      He wrote many occasional pieces for a widespread circle of patrons at the imperial court. Some of the work attributed to him is unpublished and some of it may be wrongly attributed to him. Even so, there does emerge from these writings the figure of an author in reduced circumstances, with a marked propensity for begging, who was in close touch with the court circles during the reigns of John II (1118–43) and Manuel I (1143–80). He was given a prebend by Manuel I, and he ended his life as a monk. Behind panegyric and conventional treatment his writings, often produced on the occasion of some public event, provide the historian with vital information on many aspects of contemporary history. There is a strongly satirical vein in his works, which range from epigrams and dialogues to letters and occasional pieces in both prose and verse. He had a biting sense of humour, and his comments are shrewd and pithy.

* * *


Universalium. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужна курсовая?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Theodore Prodromus — (Greek: Θεόδορος Πρόδρομος, d. c. 1166), also known as Ptochoprodromus (Πτοχοπρόδρομος = Poor Prodromus ), was a Byzantine writer, well known for his prose and poetry, some of which is in the vernacular. He wrote many occasional pieces for a… …   Wikipedia

  • Théodore Caruel —  Ne pas confondre avec Théodore Caruelle d Aligny (1798 1871), peintre paysagiste français Théodore Caruel (né à Chandernagor en 1830 et mort à Florence en 1898), est un botaniste italien. Biographie Né dans les Indes françaises, d un père… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Patrologia Graeca — La Patrologia Graeca est l édition de référence des textes grecs des Pères de l Église. La Patrologie Graeca est une collection majeure de textes antiques et médiévaux contenant les écrits des Pères de l’Église et d’autres auteurs ecclésiastiques …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Patrologie grecque — Patrologia Graeca La Patrologia Graeca est l édition de référence des textes grecs des Pères de l Église. La Patrologie Graeca est une collection majeure de textes médiévaux contenant les écrits des Pères de l’Église et d’auteurs ecclésiastiques… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Patrologia Graeca — The Patrologia Graeca (or Patrologiae Cursus Completus, Series Graeca) is an edited collection of writings by the Christian Church Fathers and various secular writers, in the ancient Koine or medieval variants of the Greek language. It consists… …   Wikipedia

  • Botany — Botanist redirects here. A botanist is a person engaged in botany. Plant biology redirects here. For the journal, see Functional Plant Biology. For other uses, see Botany (disambiguation) and Botanic (disambiguation). Pinguicula grandiflora… …   Wikipedia

  • Charles Sprague Sargent — (April 24,[1] 1841 March 22, 1927) was an American botanist. He was the first director of the Arnold Arboretum at Harvard University in Boston, Massachusetts and the standard botan …   Wikipedia

  • Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden — Succulents at the garden The Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden is a small 7 acre (2.8 ha) botanical garden located on the south eastern corner of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) campus, California, United States. It is… …   Wikipedia

  • George Engelmann — auf einer 1860 entstandenen Fotografie. George Engelmann (* 2. Februar 1809 in Frankfurt am Main; † …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Historia de la Botánica — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Busto de Teofrasto, considerado …   Wikipedia Español

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”