Theodosios Deacon
Theodosios Diakonos ( Greek Θεοδόσιος ο Διάκονος , 10th century ) was a Byzantine poet.
He is known only for his epic The Capture of Crete ( Ἅλωσις τῆς Κρήτης ) in the amount of 1039 twelve-syllables , which he wrote in 962/963 to celebrate the reconquest of the island of Crete, which was occupied by the Arabs, in 961 by Nikephoros Phokas .
expenditure
- Theodosii Diaconi De Creta capta . Edidit Hugo Criscuolo. Teubner, Leipzig 1979.
literature
- Nikolaos M. Panagiotakis : Θεοδόσιος ο Διάκονος και το ποίημα αυτού "Άλωσις της Κρήτης". Heraklion 1960.
- Alexander Kazhdan (Ed.): Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium . Oxford University Press, Oxford 1991, ISBN 978-0-19-504652-6 , p. 2053.
- Andreas Külzer : Theodosios Diakonos, author (mid / late 10th century) . In: Lexicon of the Middle Ages (LexMA). Volume 8, LexMA-Verlag, Munich 1997, ISBN 3-89659-908-9 , Sp. 643.
Web links
- Beate Zielke: Theodosius the Deacon . In: Christian-Muslim Relations. A Bibliographical History. General Editor David Thomas. Brill Online, 2014. Reference, 18 May 2014. First appeared online: 2010.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Theodosios Deacon |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Θεοδόσιος ο Διάκονος |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Byzantine poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 10th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 10th century |