The Byzantine satire Timarion, written in medieval Greek, is generally thought to have come from twelfth-century Constantinople. The title character Timarion journeys to a fair in Thessalonika, falls ill on his return journey, and is prematurely taken for dead and conducted to Hades. There he encounters intellectual and bureaucratic-administrative affairs similar to those in twelfth-century Byzantium, but with telling differences.
Representations of John Italos and Michael Psellos in the Byzantine satire Timarion indicate how each fared in relating masculinity to gynocentric society. … Read the post John Italos & Michael Psellos: masculine troubles in Byzantium
According to the medieval satire Timarion, judges in Byzantine Hell ruled that authorities should not be followed in contradiction to facts of life. … Read the post Timarion learned that intellectual life is better in Byzantine Hell
In a rhetorically rich letter, Konstantinos Akropolites harshly disparaged the outrageously impious and amusing Byzantine literary work the Timarion. … Read the post Konstantinos Akropolites burning the book of neo-pagan Timarion