Bücher der Reihe Publications of the Centre for Hellenic Studies, King's College London

Authority is an important concept in Byzantine culture, an invisible force that underpinned the Byzantine state and maintained its existence across so many centuries, binding people from different ethnic groups, in different spheres of life and activities together. Even though its significance to understanding the Byzantine world is so central.

Socrates, son of Sophroniscus, of Alopece is arguably the most richly and diversely commemorated of all ancient thinkers. This book gives an Introduction summarizing the reception of Socrates up to 1800, and describing scholarly study since then. It also features the inclusion of Cold War Socrateses, both capitalist and communist.

Socrates, son of Sophroniscus, of Alopece is arguably the most richly and diversely commemorated of all ancient thinkers. This volume gives an introduction surveying the ancient accounts of Socrates, and discussing the origins and the state of the 'Socratic question'. It also covers the Socrates from Late Antiquity to medieval times.

'It is no great matter, supposing that Italy could be liberated, who or what is sacrificed. It is a grand object - the very poetry of politics.¿ So wrote Lord Byron in his journal in February 1821. For a poet whose life and work are interlaced with action of multiple sorts, little attention has been devoted to Byron¿s engagement with issues of politics. This volume examines the implications of reading and writing as themselves political acts; interrogates the politics inherent or implied in Byron¿s poems and plays; and follows the trajectory of his political engagement, from the British House of Lords, via the Peninsular War, to his involvement in revolutionary politics abroad.

John II Komnenos ruled over the Byzantine Empire from 1118 to 1143. Why has John been neglected by modern historians? What new historical evidence can lead to a reassessment of the achievements his reign? This book presents a chronology of the major events and a series of maps to guide the reader to the rediscovery of this emperor and his reign.

This volume brings together experts who investigate the links that connect music, language and national identity, focusing on the Greek paradigm. Through the study of the Greek case, the book paves the way for innovative interdisciplinary approaches to the formation of the 'national' in different cultures.