Niketas Choniates (English spelling)

Japanese: Niketas Choniates(英語表記)NiketasChoniates
Niketas Choniates (English spelling)

…refers to literature written in Greek in the Byzantine Empire. Its basic characteristic is the duality between cultured literature written in ancient Attic or its pseudo-forms, and popular literature using medieval popular language, which was the precursor to modern Greek popular language (Dimotiki). This is because, although Greek also evolved in the same vein as Latin (Ancient Latin → Medieval Vulgar Latin → Romance languages), from ancient Attic to Koine → Medieval and modern Greek popular language, literary activities created in ancient Attic, which was no longer a spoken language, continued to prevail in the Byzantine Empire.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Niketas Choniates" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…ビザンティン帝国において,ギリシア語でつくられた文学をいう。その基本特質は,古代アッティカ語ないしその擬似形態で書かれた教養文学と,現代ギリシア民衆語(ディモティキ)の先行形態である中世民衆用語を用いた民衆文学との二元性である。それは,ラテン語の展開(古代ラテン語→中世通俗ラテン語→ロマンス諸語)と基本的には,軌を一にして,ギリシア語も,古代アッティカ語→コイネー→中世・現代ギリシア民衆語という展開をとげたにもかかわらず,もはや話し言葉でなくなった古代アッティカ語を用いて創作する文学活動が,ビザンティン帝国ではなお優勢だったからである。…

※「Niketas Choniates」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

<<:  Nikaya (English spelling)

>>:  Nikephorion (English spelling)

Recommend

Lost wax

...Needless to say, the former technique came fir...

Ayo, F. (English spelling) AyoF

...Their performances were full of bright tones a...

Hemitragus jemlahicus (English spelling) Hemitragusjemlahicus

…[Tadaaki Imaizumi]. … *Some of the terminology t...

Paraná (English spelling)

The capital of Entre Rios province in northeastern...

Hiromi Arisawa

Statistician and economist. Born in Kochi City on...

Jihad

Jihad originally meant "effort" or "...

Periplanetary point

In a so-called binary star system, where two star...

Auditorium - Koudou

A temple building where lectures on scriptures an...

Namaribushi (raw dried fish) - Namaribushi

A semi-finished product made from dried bonito, ma...

Eudyptes robustus (English spelling)

… [Hiroyuki Morioka]. … *Some of the terminology ...

Taneda Santoka

Haiku poet. Born in Hofu Town, Yamaguchi Prefectu...

Phaidros

…years of birth and death unknown. Greek name: Ph...

Illustrated biography of Kobo Daishi

This is a biographical picture scroll of Kobo Dais...

Apocryphal Gospels

...Regarding the relationship between the Synopti...

Uriah Thai

The capital of Zapukhwan Aimak (province) on the b...