116:
73:
131:
of
Justinian's Cathedral of the Holy Wisdom (Hagia Sophia), composed after the reconstruction of the dome in 562 or 563. Paul sees the church as a "meadow" of many-coloured kinds of marble, and helps us to imagine the church before its many subsequent remodellings. The poem was probably commissioned
163:
I press her breasts, our mouths are joined, and I feed in unrestrained fury round her silver neck, but not yet is my conquest complete; I still toil wooing a maiden who refuses me her bed. Half of herself she has given to
Aphrodite and half to Pallas, and I waste away between the two.
115:
84:, a friend and admirer, who describes him as coming from a rich and illustrious family, with a father, Cyrus, and a grandfather, Florus, who both probably held public office.
330:
Three
Political Voices from the Age of Justinian: Agapetus, 'Advice to the Emperor'; Dialogue on Political Science'; Paul the Silentiary, 'Description of Hagia Sophia'
384:
151:. Forty of these are love poems. Two are replies to poems by Agathias. In another Paul laments the death of Damocharis of Cos, Agathias's favourite pupil.
155:
calls these verses "the last autumnal blossoms on the tree of Greek beauty." Although his subject matter is varied, much is explicitly erotic and uses
99:. They also fulfilled important commissions, especially in church matters, and by the sixth century their order had attained the social rank of
546:
132:
by
Justinian himself, with verses to be recited by Paul himself during the rededication ceremony. The panegyric consists of 1029 verses in
184:
418:
Kostenec, Jan; Dark, Ken (2011). "Paul the
Silentiary's description of Hagia Sophia in the light of new archaeological evidence".
196:
556:
338:
318:
275:
407:
17:
412:
ASMOSIA XI, Interdisciplinary
Studies on Ancient Stone, Proceedings of the XI International Conference of ASMOSIA, 2018
350:
551:
536:
96:
270:. Vol. I–IV. Griechisch-Deutsch ed. Hermann Beckby (2nd ed.). München: Ernst Heimeran Verlag. 1965.
247:
541:
433:"The architecture of ekphrasis: construction and context of Paul the Silentiary's poem on Hagia Sophia"
355:(Loeb Classical Library) translated by W. R. Paton (1916) Cambridge MA: Harvard UP; London: Heinemann)
291:
531:
561:
91:– one of a group of 30 court officials of privileged backgrounds organised under three officers (
507:
432:
156:
152:
147:
Of his other poems, some eighty epigrams in the classical tradition have been preserved in the
80:
What little we know of Paul's life comes largely from the contemporary historian and poet
8:
489:
460:
285:
141:
493:
472:
Whitby, Mary (1985). "The
Occasion of Paul the Silentiary's Ekphrasis of S. Sophia".
464:
452:
341:
334:
314:
271:
103:, the highest in the late empire. Paul himself may have risen to become their chief (
516:
481:
444:
369:. Biblioteca loescheriana. Translated by Viansino, Giovanni. Turin: Loescher. 1963.
306:
72:
148:
137:
133:
61:
38:
485:
525:
456:
448:
300:
511:
120:
345:
328:
310:
57:
408:"Paul the Silentiary, Hagia Sophia, Onyx, Lydia, and Breccia Corallina"
128:
53:
81:
50:
127:
Agathias considered Paul's greatest work to be his long verse
43:
367:
Epigrammi di Paolo
Silenziario: Testo, traduzione e commento
95:) whose first duty was maintaining order and silence in the
76:
Plan of the imperial district of
Byzantine Constantinople
376:
Sex and the Civil
Servant: Poems by Paul the Silentiary
508:
Paul the Silentiary: The Magnificence of Hagia Sophia
385:
Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology
378:. Translated by Wheeler, Graham John. Felicla Books.
373:
406:Herrmann, John J.; van den Hoek, Annewies (2018).
430:
523:
396:. Vol. II (New York: Harper and Brothers, 1880)
302:Descriptio Sanctae Sophiae. Descriptio Ambonis
471:
417:
298:
382:"Paulus Silentiarius", William Smith (ed.)
87:Paul also entered public life and became a
517:Extracts of his eulogy of the Hagia Sophia
107:). He died some time between 575 and 580.
260:
431:Macrides, Ruth; Magdalino, Paul (1988).
333:. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press
114:
71:
359:
14:
524:
159:imagery, as in the following example:
547:Epigrammatists of the Greek Anthology
24:
437:Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies
400:
25:
573:
501:
56:poet and courtier to the emperor
512:The Internet Medieval Sourcebook
327:Bell, Peter Neville, ed. (2009)
183:. v. 292, 293. Paton, 1916. pp.
119:Reconstructed view of Byzantine
237:
228:
219:
210:
201:
189:
174:
97:Great Palace of Constantinople
13:
1:
557:6th-century Byzantine writers
299:Silentiarius, Paulus (2011).
255:
136:, starting with 134 lines of
374:Paul the Silentiary (2015).
7:
10:
578:
394:Studies of the Greek Poets
246:. v. 272. Paton, 1916. p.
168:
49:, died AD 575–580), was a
44:
486:10.1017/S0009838800014695
426:(3 supplementum): 88–105.
42:
552:Ministers of Justinian I
449:10.1179/byz.1988.12.1.47
140:, with the remainder in
110:
537:6th-century Greek poets
474:The Classical Quarterly
389:Vol. III (London, 1870)
67:
392:Symonds, J. A. (1876)
305:. Berlin: De Gruyter.
290:: CS1 maint: others (
261:Texts and translations
234:Bell, 2009. pp. 15-16.
166:
124:
77:
352:The Greek Anthology I
311:10.1515/9783110239072
161:
118:
75:
45:Παῦλος ὁ Σιλεντιάριος
360:Secondary literature
35:Paulus Silentiarius
31:Paul the Silentiary
18:Paulus Silentiarius
542:6th-century deaths
216:Bell, 2009. p. 14.
207:Bell, 2009. p. 14.
142:dactylic hexameter
125:
123:, 6th–13th century
78:
339:978-1-84631-209-0
320:978-3-11-023907-2
277:978-3-110-36220-6
268:Anthologia Graeca
16:(Redirected from
569:
532:Greek male poets
497:
468:
427:
420:Byzantinoslavica
379:
370:
324:
295:
289:
281:
250:
241:
235:
232:
226:
225:Symonds, p. 325.
223:
217:
214:
208:
205:
199:
195:Smith, 1870. p.
193:
187:
178:
48:
47:
46:
33:, also known as
21:
577:
576:
572:
571:
570:
568:
567:
566:
562:Byzantine poets
522:
521:
504:
403:
401:Further reading
365:
362:
321:
283:
282:
278:
266:
263:
258:
253:
242:
238:
233:
229:
224:
220:
215:
211:
206:
202:
194:
190:
179:
175:
171:
149:Greek Anthology
138:iambic trimeter
113:
70:
28:
23:
22:
15:
12:
11:
5:
575:
565:
564:
559:
554:
549:
544:
539:
534:
520:
519:
514:
503:
502:External links
500:
499:
498:
480:(1): 215–228.
469:
428:
415:
414:. pp. 345–349.
402:
399:
398:
397:
390:
380:
371:
361:
358:
357:
356:
348:
325:
319:
296:
276:
262:
259:
257:
254:
252:
251:
236:
227:
218:
209:
200:
188:
172:
170:
167:
112:
109:
69:
66:
62:Constantinople
26:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
574:
563:
560:
558:
555:
553:
550:
548:
545:
543:
540:
538:
535:
533:
530:
529:
527:
518:
515:
513:
509:
506:
505:
495:
491:
487:
483:
479:
475:
470:
466:
462:
458:
454:
450:
446:
442:
438:
434:
429:
425:
421:
416:
413:
409:
405:
404:
395:
391:
388:
386:
381:
377:
372:
368:
364:
363:
354:
353:
349:
347:
343:
340:
336:
332:
331:
326:
322:
316:
312:
308:
304:
303:
297:
293:
287:
279:
273:
269:
265:
264:
249:
245:
240:
231:
222:
213:
204:
198:
192:
186:
182:
177:
173:
165:
160:
158:
154:
153:J. A. Symonds
150:
145:
143:
139:
135:
130:
122:
117:
108:
106:
102:
98:
94:
90:
85:
83:
74:
65:
63:
59:
55:
52:
40:
36:
32:
19:
477:
473:
443:(1): 47–82.
440:
436:
423:
419:
411:
393:
383:
375:
366:
351:
329:
301:
267:
243:
239:
230:
221:
212:
203:
191:
180:
176:
162:
146:
126:
121:Hagia Sophia
104:
100:
92:
88:
86:
79:
34:
30:
29:
105:primicerius
526:Categories
256:References
89:silentiary
27:Greek poet
494:162319806
465:170274314
457:0307-0131
346:318874086
286:cite book
244:Anth. Pal
181:Anth. Pal
129:ecphrasis
101:illustris
93:decurions
58:Justinian
54:Byzantine
82:Agathias
169:Sources
492:
463:
455:
344:
337:
317:
274:
185:282-5.
490:S2CID
461:S2CID
157:Pagan
134:Greek
111:Works
51:Greek
39:Greek
453:ISSN
424:LXIX
342:OCLC
335:ISBN
315:ISBN
292:link
272:ISBN
248:271.
197:151.
68:Life
510:at
482:doi
445:doi
307:doi
60:at
528::
488:.
478:35
476:.
459:.
451:.
441:12
439:.
435:.
422:.
410:.
313:.
288:}}
284:{{
144:.
64:.
41::
496:.
484::
467:.
447::
387:.
323:.
309::
294:)
280:.
37:(
20:)
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
.png)