TheHistoriaiof John Tzetzes: a Byzantine ‘Book of Memory’?

Aglae Massima Valeria Pizzone

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The paper provides for the first time a full-fledged analysis of the structure and compositional principles sustaining JohnTzetzes’ ChiliadesorHistoriai. The article is divided into three sections. The first focuses on the developments of commentary literature in late twelfth-century Byzantium, showing how exegesis is used to textualize the authorial self and create autobiographical narratives. The second delves into the purpose of the work and its audience. The final section, focusing on the first part of the work, explores the role of memory in theHistoriaiand in particular, the interplay between cultural memories and experience in Tzetzes’ self-presentation.

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