Figuring Eros in Byzantine Fiction: Iconographic Transformation and Political Evolution.
Eros's conniving nature in conjunction with his sadistic temperament is the single most important attribute of his character-indeed, it remains intact after some 800 years of iconographic and literary evolution. In medieval Byzantium Eros emerges as a formidable sovereign, toying with his subjects'...
| Publicado en: | Medieval Encounters Vol. 17; no. 3; pp. 321 - 360 |
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Brill Academic Publishers
2011
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