A Neopythagorean Riddle in Michael Choniates’ Theano

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.6018/myrtia.607521
Keywords: Theano, Michael Choniates, Byzantine poetry, Neopythagoreanism, Orthodox Theology, literary riddles

Abstract

This paper aims to solve a Neopythagorean enigma that occurs in a little-known poem, namely the Theano by Michael Choniates. It constitutes a peculiar poetic evidence about the survival of Neopythagorean ontological monism, which here takes on theological implications bringing it closer to the Trinitarian Doctrine, so that the poet resorts to it in order to elaborate a sort of riddle where we witness to a complex intermingling between the Neopythagorean principles and the hypostases of the Trinitarian Ontology.

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28-10-2024
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Carrozza, M. (2024). A Neopythagorean Riddle in Michael Choniates’ Theano. Myrtia, 39. https://doi.org/10.6018/myrtia.607521
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