From Earth to Heaven. Two Notes on Psellos’ synkrisis of Euripides and George of Pisidia
Abstract
A fresh inspection of ms. Vat. Barb. gr. 240, the only (and partly fragmentary) primary witness to Michael Psellos’ treatise Who wrote better verse, Euripides or George of Pisidia?, yields several important corrections to A. R. Dyck’s 1986 edition of this text, and allows a more accurate restoration of Psellos’ reflections on the tragic skill of Euripides (and Aeschylus), as well as on the reason for George of Pisidia’s ultimate victory over the ancient playwright in the comparison that concludes the treatise.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Byzantine Studies and History
Classical Studies and Philology
Classical Antiquity Studies
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Jahrbuch der Österreichischen Byzantinistik
- Volume
- 1
- Pages
- 277–286
- Publication date
- 1 January 2026
- Language
- DE