ПОЛИТИЧКО ПЕРО ЦАРИГРАДСКОГ УЧЕЊАКА: ТЕОДОР ПРОДРОМ И „ИРИНИН КРУГ”
POLITICAL PEN OF THE CONSTANTINOPOLITAN INTELLECTUAL: THEODORE PRODROMOS AND EIRENE‘S CIRCLE

Summary/Abstract: The present paper offers a translation of Theodore Prodormos‘Epitaphios logos dedicated to Theodora, wife of John Doukas, second son of Anna Komnene and Nikephoros Bryennios. It is already a common knowledge that Prodromos was member of the intellectual circle of Eirene Doukaina, who created and influenced intellectual and political networks in the Constantinople after the death of her husband, emperor Alexios I Komnenos. A brief summary of Theodore Prodromos‘ career is followed by the translation of this rhetorical piece into Serbian language. The poem is analyzed from literary, historical and anthropological perspective, where the accent is put on the literary mimesis of Gregory of Nazianzus Funeral Oration for his sister Gorgonia, on Prodromos relation with the house of the Doukai and his special role in the promotion of heir alternative political discourse, as well as on the funeral oration as a crucial element of the funerary ritual and its political importance in the age of the Komnenoi.

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