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St. Demetrius of Thessalonica cult and devotion in the Middle Ages / by Russell, Eugenia, 1976-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: cult and devotion in the city of Demetrius -- Intertextuality in the Encomia -- Convention and originality: the athlete of Christ -- Internal literary evidence for the festival of the saint -- Signs of the times: responses to contemporary life.…”
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Proclus of Constantinople and the cult of the Virgin in late antiquity homilies 1-5, texts and translations / by Constas, Nicholas

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Stesichoros's Geryoneis by Curtis, Paul, 1965-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- A prosopography of Stesichoros -- The Geryon myth in the Archaic period -- Historical background -- Performance -- The geryoneis as a choral song -- Cult of Geryon -- Language and phonology -- Metre -- The papyri -- The terminus ad quem of physical texts for The geryoneis -- Order of fragments -- Geryoneis -- Note on the text -- Index criticorum -- Text -- Commentary -- Appendices -- Testimonia -- Additional sources -- Eastern parallels -- Plates -- Bibliography -- Editions -- Commentaries -- Select bibliography -- Tabula comparationis -- Indices.…”
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