The Department of Classics is pleased to report the recent publication of two works by Professor Stratis Papaioannou. Professor Papaioannou is an Associate professor of Classics and also the Director of the Program of Medieval Studies. 

Christian Novels from the Menologion of Symeon Metaphrastes

Critical edition and translation of six texts composed a little before the year 1000 CE. They feature stories of extraordinary women (and men), in tales of transgression and violence, punishment and love.

Michael Psellos on Literature and Art: A Byzantine Perspective on Aesthetics

English translation, with introduction and commentary, of several essays on discourse and the visual arts by one of Byzantium’s most provocative and eloquent thinkers, Michael Psellos.

You can find much more information about both publications on their publishers’ websites or on Amazon.com. Please join us in congratulating Prof. Papaioannou on his great achievement!