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 1  ROCHOW, Studien zu der Person, den Werken und dem Nachlebender Dichterin Kassia (Berlin, 1967) (Berliner Byzantinische Arbeiten 38) 5–19.

2 

AFINO-GENOV, The Brid-Show of Theophilos: Some Notes on the Sourse //  Eranos (ActaPhilologica Suecana)

 5 (2000) 5–13.3 

LAUXTERMANN, The Byzantine Epigram in the Ninth and Tenth

Centuries. A Generic Study of Epigrams an Some Other Forms of Poetry (Amsterdam,

1994) 109.

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5

¡˚Î ÎË ‚˚·Ó Ì‚ÂÒÚ?

6   7  

   8   9  

4  5 

 4 (2004) 497–511.6 AFINOGENOV, The Bride-S

7 

W. T. TREADGOLD, The Bride-Shows of the Byzantine Emperors // 

 Byz  W. T. TREADGOLD, The

Historicity of Imperial Bride-Shows // JÖB 54 (2004) 39–52

p. 39, n. 3)

8 L. RYDÉN, The Bride-shows at the Byzantine Court — History or Fiction? // 

 Eranos  9 Ibid. 179–180.

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10    11   12   13   14

10 RYDÉN, The Bride-shows at the Byzantine Court... 188.11 Ibid. 190.12 Ibid. 191.13 

  RYDÉN

14

  SORLIN, La plus belle ou la meilleure? Note sur les concours debeauté à Byzance et dans la Russie Moscovite des XVIe–XVIIe siècles // .

Mélanges offerts à Hélène Ahrweiler (Paris, 1998) (Byzantina sorbonensia 16) T. II.

635–650,

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15   16   17

   18  

19

  Historicity of Imperial

Bride-Shows 15 RYDÉN

DE BOOR 

16 RYDÉN, The Bride-shows… 179.17 Ibid. 180.18 

    The Life

of St. Philaretos the Merciful Written by his Grandson Niketas / Critic. Ed., Intr.,

Transl., Notes, Indices L. RYDÉN  (Uppsala, 2002) (Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis.

Studia Byzantina Upsaliensia 8); 19 Ibid. 181.

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  20      Annales regni Francorum  21  

22

  23   24   25

20    TREADGOLD, The Bride-Shows of the

Byzantine Emperors… 396–397.21 M.-H. FOURMY, M. LEROY, La vie de S. Philarète // Byz 

22 L. M. HANS, Der Kaiser als Märchenprinz // J Ö B  23 R. JENKINS, Byzantium. The Imperial Centuries A.D. 610–1071 (New York,

1969) 147.24  OSTROGORSKY, Geschichte des byzantinischen Staates (München,

1963) 145.25 SORLIN

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26     27  

  BECKBY (München, 1975) T. 3. 124; LEMERLE, Le Premier humanisme byzantin. Notes et remarques

sur enseignement et culture à Byzance des origins au Xe siècle (Paris, 1972) (Biblio-

thèque Byzantine: études 6) 169; LEMERLE, Byzantine Humanism.The First Phase. Notes and remarks on education and culture in Byzantium from its

origins to the 10th  MALTESE, Una contemporanea di Fozio, Cassia.

Osservazione sui versi profani // La poesia tardoantica e medievale. Atti del I Convegno

Internazionale di Studi. Macerata, 4–5 maggio 1998 / A cura di M. SALVADORE (Ales-

sandria, 2001) 71–83;

LITTLEWOOD, The Symbolism of the

Apple in Byzantine Literature // J Ö B   

26 G. DAGRON, Empereur et Prêtre. Étude sur le «césaropapisme» byzantin (Paris,

1996) 67.27 G. DAGRON, Nés dans la pourpre // TM  

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        29   30   31  

28  DAGRON, Nés dans la pourpre… 137–140.29 FOURMY, LEROY, La vie de S. Philarète... 96.30    8

(1

  . 71; Proso-

pographie der Mittelbyzantinischen Zeit. Erste Abteilung (641–867) / Ed. R.-J. LILIE,

C. LUDWIG, TH. PRATSCH, I. ROCHOW  Michel le Syrien, Chronique / Ed. J. B. CHABOT    BEKKER  ThCont 

  TREADGOLD, The Historicity of Imperial Bride-Shows

31  VINSON, The Life of Theodora and the Rhetoric of the Byzantine Bride Show // 

 J Ö B 

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  32  

33    

  VINSON, Romance and reality in

Byzantine bride shows // Gender in the Early Medieval World: East and West, 300 –900 / Ed. L. BRUBAKER, J. M. H. SMITH  VINSON

32 E. W. BROOKS, The Marriage of the Emperor Theophilos // BZ  10 (1901) 540–545.

33  RYDÉN  

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35

36

37    

38

34   

35  36 

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 38 

RYDÉN

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39      40

821-È ËÎË 830-È?

41

42    39  40 

    VI

TREADGOLD, The

Historicity of Imperial Bride-Shows  

41 BROOKS, The Marriage of the Emperor Theophilos…; J. B. BURY, A History of 

the Eastern Roman Empire (London, 1912) 81, 465–467; L. BRÉHIER, Vie et mort de

Byzance (Paris, 1948) (L’évolution de l’humanité 32) 105; C. MANGO, Eudocia Inge-

rina, the Normans, and the Macedonian Dynasty // 

 14–15 (1973) 15–27; A. DIKIGOROPOULOS, The Constantinopolitan solidi

of Theophilus // DOP 18 (1964) 353–361; JENKINS, Byzantium… 141; Ph. GRIERSON,

A. R. BELLINGER, Catalogue of the Byzantine C  

42    , Kasia // Sitzungsberichte der philosophisch-philologischen und 

der historischen Classe der k. b. Academie der Wissenschaften (1887) Bd. 1. 305–370; ROCHOW, Studien zu der Person… 18; W. T. TREAD-

GOLD, The Problem of the Marriage of the Emperor Theophilus // Greek, Roman and 

 Byzantine Studies  TREADGOLD, The Historicity of Imperial

Bride-Shows… 43–44.

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43  

»ÒÚÓ˜ÌËÍË

44   45  

46

  47

  48

43  BRAN-

DES  BZ  

44  W. T. TREADGOLD, The

Chronological accuracy of the Chronicle of Symeon the Logothet for the years 813–845 // DOP  JENKINS, The Chronological ac-

curacy of the «Logothete» for the Years A. D. 867–913 // DOP  MANGO, When was Mi-

chael III born? // DOP  KARLIN-HAYTER, Études sur les deux histories du règne de Michel III // Byz 

45 TREADGOLD, The Chronological accuracy… 160.46 TREADGOLD, The Problem of the Marriage… 326.47 KARLIN-HAYTER, Études sur les deux histories...48 

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49   50  

49 F. , Les sources de Génésios et du Continuateur de Théophane pour

l’histoire de Michel II (820–829) // BZ  31/2 (1961) 257–271.50 

    II, 8;

ThCont  47:16–48:  

, 

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  51  

KÖPSTEIN, Zur Erhebung des Thomas // Studien zum 8.

und 9. Jahrhundert in Byzanz / Hrsg. H. Köpstein, F. Winkelmann 

MANGO, The Liquidation of 

Iconoclasm and the Patriarch Photios // Iconoclasm. Papers given at the Ninth Spring

Symposium of Byzantine Studies. University of Birmingham. March 1975 / Ed. A. Bry-

er, J. Herrin 

PG  PG PHOTIUS, Bibliothèque / Ed. R. HENRY

51 

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  52   53  

–ÓʉÂÌË ‘ÂÓÙË·

54   55  

56  

52 TREADGOLD, The Problem of the Marriage… 336.53 

54  HERRIN, Women in Purple. Rulers of Medieval Byzantium (London, 2001)

282, n. 87.55    II, 5; ThCont  44:11).56

    II, 7; ThCont     I, 1; ThCont  

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57   58

ÓÓ̇ˆËˇ

59   60       )   61  

57  58 

TREADGOLD,  ThCont  

3–24).59   -

60  TREADGOLD, The Problem of the Marriage… 328–329.61  -

   (Theo-

phanis Chronographia / Ed. C. de BOOR (Lipsiae, 1883) 480:11–13).

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62       63   64   65  

 ∆ÂϘÛÊÌ˚È ÚËÍÎËÌ

66  

´–„ÂÌÚÒÚ‚Óª ≈‚ÙÓÒËÌ˚

67  

62

      -    (Theo-

phanis Chronographia... 494:26–28).63  

64  BEKKER  CSHByz

 LeoGram) 213:19–21.65 TREADGOLD, The Problem of the Marriage… 328, n. 17.66 Ibid. 329.67  LeoGram 213:6.

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68   69     70   

71   72  

73   74   75  

68 BURY, A History of the Eastern Roman Empire… 120; TREADGOLD, The Problem

of the Marriage… 336, 339.69 

70   II, 8; ThCont  49:12–15.71 TREADGOLD, The Problem of the Marriage… 339.72 Constantini Porphyrogeniti imperatoris, De ceremoniis aulae Byzantinae libru

duo / Rec. I. I. REISKE   De cer ) Vol. I. 647–648.73  De cer  I. 647.74   III, 1; ThCont  86:8–12.75   III, 5; ThCont  90:2–91:10.

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76

‘ÂÓÙËΠ̇ ÏÓÌÂÚ‡ı ÃËı‡Ë· II

77

76   III, 1; ThCont   TREADGOLD, 

HERRIN

    III, 2; ThCont  

  III, 3, ThCont   , 8, 42–44; ThCont 

  III, 10; ThCont   RYDÉN

77 TREADGOLD, The Problem of the Marriage… 336.

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 78   79  

   80   81  

82   83     84

78

 TREADGOLD, The Problem of the Marriage… 336–337.79 

   GRIERSON, BELLINGER, Catalogue of the Byzan-

tine Coins… Part 1. Plates XX–XXI.80  81  82  83  84   I, 10; ThCont  

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ƒÓ˜¸ ‘ÂÓÙË· Ã‡Ëˇ Ë Â ·‡Í Ò ¿ÎÂÍÒÂÂÏ ÃÛÒÂÎÂ

85  

 (840).86

87   88    

PG  TREADGOLD,

85  GRIERSON, BELLINGER, Catalogue of the Byzantine Coins… Part 1. 411–451.86 TREADGOLD, The Problem of the Marriage… 333, 340–341.87 Ibid. 330–331.88 

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89

.90   91

   92  -

   93     94

ÓÌÒÚ‡ÌÚËÌ, Ò˚Ì ‘ÂÓÙË·

95  

89  BURY,

A History of the Eastern Roman Empire… 466.90 

 (GRIERSON, BELLINGER, Catalogue of the Byzantine

Coins… Part 1.   De cer   DIKIGOROPOULOS, The Constantinopolitan solidi of Theophi-

lus… 353).91

 TREADGOLD, The Chronological accuracy… 174.92  De cer  I. 648.93  De cer  I. 643.94 

  GRIERSON (with

an additional note by C. MANGO and I. ), The Tombs and Obits of the Byzan-

tine Emperors (337–1042) // DOP  95 TREADGOLD, The Problem of the Marriage… 340.

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96   97     98   99  

´—ÂÏÂÈ̇ˇª ÏÓÌÂÚ‡

  100    

96   III, 4; ThCont  88:8.97 GRIERSON, BELLINGER

98 

99 

DIKIGOROPOULOS, The Constantinopolitan solidi of 

Theophilus… 360).100 

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101   102

103    

821  

101  GRIERSON, BELLINGER, Catalogue of 

the Byzantine Coins… Part 1. 407.102

103   III, 40; ThCont   HERRIN,

Women in Purple… 282, n. 87.

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829, 2

836  

839  

Œ ˜ÂÏ ‘ÂÓÙËÎ ÒÔÓÒËÎ ‡ÒÒ˲?

104 

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105   106  

105 AFINOGENOV, The Bride-Show of Theophilos… 11.106

    Michel Psellos, Chronographie ou histoire d’un siècle de

Byzance (976–1077) / Ed. E. RENAULD ,   

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107

108  

 109

…

  110

111   112

107  108 PG  109

 PG 50. Col. 793.110 PG   

111  ROCHOW

112 

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  114

… …

… … … … …

… …

113  TRIPOLITIS, Kassia: the Legend, the

Woman, and her Work (New York —London, 1992) 46.114 PG 50. Col. 793–795.

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116  

117   118  

115 PG 50. Col. 795.116 

117 AFINOGENOV, The Brid-Show of Theophilos… 11.118 

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120   121

119    (   TRIPOLITIS, Kassia... 124, . 11

120

 Theodori Studitae Epistulae / Ed. G. FATOUROS  ROCHOW  

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121  .    

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  123    

124  

122  PÉTRIDÈS, Cassia //   

123  124 

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125 

  -  //     

31 (1932) 94;   251–252; ROCHOW   III, 16; ThCont    LeoGram 

   III, 4;

ThCont   HERRIN  

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SUMMARY

Tatiana A. Senina (Nun Kassia)St-Petersbourg

DIALOGUE BETWEEN THEOPHILUS AND KASSIA:LITERARY FICTION OR REALITY?

The paper deals with the story of the bride-show for the Emperor Theophilus

and the possible role in this story of the hymnographer Kassia. L. Rydén’s opinion

that such bride-shows for the royal sons in the 9th century are fictions is revised. It

is most likely that such stories told by the chroniclers have some real facts behind

them. In this connection, a new hypothesis of the reasons of composition of the

Vita of Philarete the Merciful is put forward. The chronology of the life of the

Emperor Theophilus in general and the date of his bride-show in particular are

revised as well. It was shown that the dates of his life proposed by W. Treadgold

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are accepted by many scholars rather uncritically while, in fact, they are far from

being well-founded. According to the present analysis of the sources, including

the numismatic data and the hymnography, Theophilus’ bride-show is to be dated

by 821 and Kassia’s participation is to be admitted. The fact that dialogue be-

tween Theophilus and Kassia, as reported by Symeon Logothetus, contains a ver-

batim quote from the Homily on Annunciation by John Chrysostome, is not an

argument to take the whole story as fiction ( pace D. Afinogenov and Yu. Kaza-

chkov) because this homily was widely known in this time and is quoted, for

instance, in an anti-iconoclast treatise of the Patriarch Nicephorus and, that is

most important, by Kassia herself in her sticheira on Annunciation. Finally, it was

attempted to reveal the meaning of the interchange between Theophilus and Kas-

sia that was traditionally interpreted as an attempt of an orthodox girl to hurt theiconoclastic emperor.