Feelings of exile: Analysis of two letters (98, 188) of Photios of Constantinople as sample of rhetorical expressiveness
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https://doi.org/10.17398/1886-9440.18.17Keywords:
Photius of Constantinople, Letters, Exile, Rhetorical Analysis, Macedonian dynastyAbstract
The epistolary corpus of Photios of Constantinople (c. 810-893 AD) stands out not only for its size (second only after Theodore Studites in the Byzantine period), but also for the recipients and senders, among whom are Michael III (842-867), Basil I (867-886), Ašot I of Armenia (c. 820-890) and Boris I of Bulgaria (d. 907). Furthermore, a considerable number of these letters were written during the exile he suffered in 867 because of conflicts with the papacy and the Ignatians; this allows us to explore his feelings during this period. The aim of this work is to analyze rhetorically two important letters (98, 188) to examine both the character (êthos) by which Photius presents himself to his recipients, as well as the structure and devices used in them
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