St. Demetrius of Thessalonica [electronic resource] : cult and devotion in the Middle Ages / Eugenia Russell.
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TextLanguage: English, Greek, Ancient (to 1453) Series: Byzantine and neohellenic studies ; v. 6Publication details: Oxford [England] ; New York : Peter Lang, c2010.Description: 213 pOther title: - Saint Demetrius of Thessalonica
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- BR1720.D45 R87 2010eb
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Containes passages in Greek with English translation.
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