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Professor Krallis publishes Greek translation of his book on the life of Michael Attaleiates
We are pleased to share the news that professor Dimitris Krallis, Director of the SNF Centre for Hellenic Studies, has had his book, , published by . The publication is an updated and translated version of his monograph, , published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2019.
Michael Attaleiates was a state official and historian in eleventh-century Byzantium. As a judge and courtier, Attaleiates participated in some of the most significant historical events of that century and in the political and cultural development of the Medieval Roman polity known as Byzantium.
In the Greek edition of Krallis' monograph, readers will also find reconstructed images of Attaleiates' signet ring and monastic complex drawn by Greek graphic artist Chrysavgi Sakelaropoulou, the illustrator of Theophano: A Byzantine Tale. The collaboration process between the artist and historian has been shared in the most recent volume of the Agora from pages 16 to 19.
Draft of the Monastery of Attaleiates (Chrysavgi Sakelaropoulou)
Draft of the Monastery of Attaleiates (Chrysavgi Sakelaropoulou)
Attaleiates' signet ring (Chrysavgi Sakelaropoulou)
The cover of Professor Dimitris Krallis' new book (Chrysavgi Sakelaropoulou)
To learn more about Professor Krallis' latest publication, listen to an on the Lifo Books and Authors podcast hosted by Nikos Bakounakis. You can also listen to his 2019 with professor Anthony Kaldellis on the Byzantium & Friends podcast.
Dimitris Krallis is the director of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Centre for Hellenic Studies and a professor in the Department of Humanities at 丁香园AV. His research explores the social, political, economic and intellectual history of Byzantium, as well as its modern reception.
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