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Ptochoprodromos
Author(s) : Banev Guentcho Translation : Daskalaki Photini
For citation: Banev Guentcho, "Ptochoprodromos",Encyclopaedia of the Hellenic World, ConstantinopleURL: <http://www.ehw.gr/l.aspx?id=12585>
GLOSSARY
histamenon or stamenon Mean. "the standard coin", also known as trachy. A concave coin of silver-and-copper mixture (billon) and later on of copper. It was introduced by Alexios I Komnenos in 1092. Its initail value was 1/48 of the hyperpyron.
tetarteron Initially a slightly lighter coin of gold, introduced by Nikephoros II (963-969). From 1092 onwards it was a flat, copper coin of little value (also known as tarteron).
1. Introduction
2. The poet’s portrait
3. The manuscript tradition and the research
4. The issue of the ptochoprodromic poems
5. Dating
6. The poems
6.1. The first poem (the poor husband): “…to the Emperor Mavroiannes [John II]”
6.2. The second poem (the poor father): “…to the Sebastokrator”
6.3. The third poem (the scholar): “…to the emperor lord Manuel Komnenos” –the poverty of a scholar
6.4. The fourth poem (the unfortunate monk): “…to Manuel the Purple-born, the Komnenos”- satire of a Byzantine monastery
6.5. Other poems
6.6. Special characteristics of the poems (verse, style and language)
7. Evaluation
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