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Epistolary Topoi in the Correspondence between Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus (913-959) and Theodore, Bishop of Cyzicus

The correspondence between Byzantine Emperor Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus (913-959) and his close friend Theodore, Bishop of the city of Cyzicus, is of the utmost importance because it represents the only preserved example of the Emperor’s authentic writings and a good foundation for the gaining of insight into Constantine’s style of writing. The corpus of this study is made up of Theodore’s letters addressed to Constantine from the ‘Vindobonensis Collection’ and correspondence between Theodore and Porphyrogenitus from the ‘Athos Collection’. The letters will be analyzed in the context of epistolary topoi. The aim is to present the features of the epistolographic expression of both correspondents.

Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus ; Theodore, Bishop of Cyzicus ; Byzantine epistolography ; epistolary topoi

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