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Paul the Silentiary, also known as Paulus Silentiarius (Greek: Παῦλος ὁ Σιλεντιάριος, died AD 575–580), was a Greek Byzantine poet and courtier to the emperor Justinian at Constantinople.

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Paul the Silentiary

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Paul the Silentiary, also known as Paulus Silentiarius (Greek: Παῦλος ὁ Σιλεντιάριος, died AD 575–580), was a Greek Byzantine poet and courtier to the...

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Hagia Sophia

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gave the church its present 6th-century form, was completed in 562. The poet Paul the Silentiary composed an ekphrasis, or long visual poem, for the re-dedication...

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Silentiarius

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(Greek: σιλεντιάριος) and Anglicized to silentiary, was the Latin title given to a class of courtiers in the Byzantine imperial court, responsible for...

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562

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rebuilt. Paul the Silentiary, Byzantine poet, writes an epic poem (Ekphrasis). The last Ostrogothic strongholds at Verona and Brixia are taken by the Eastern...

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Pulpit

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description by Paul the Silentiary survives. In churches where there is only one speaker's stand at the front of the church, it serves the functions of...

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Late antiquity

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Greek poets of the late antique period included Antoninus Liberalis, Quintus Smyrnaeus, Nonnus, Romanus the Melodist and Paul the Silentiary.[citation needed]...

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List of Greek artists

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Marullus Paul the Silentiary Manuel Philes George Pisida Michael Psellos John Tzetzes Theodore Apsevdis Michael Astrapas and Eutychios Theophanes the Greek...

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Chandelier

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Paul the Silentiary in 563: "And beneath each chain he has caused to be fitted silver discs, hanging circle-wise in the air, round the space in the center...

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Greeks

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" Earl 1968, p. 148. Paul the Silentiary. Descriptio S. Sophiae et Ambonis, 425, Line 12 ("χῶρος ὅδε Γραικοῖσι"); Theodore the Studite. Epistulae, 419...

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Justinian I

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as Paul the Silentiary and Romanus the Melodist flourished. On the other hand, centres of learning such as the Neoplatonic Academy in Athens and the famous...

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Tryphiodorus

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Musaeus’ Hero and Leander (e.g. Musae. 140, after Triph. 32) and Paul the Silentiary (e.g. Descr. Soph. 283, after Triph. 631). Bibliographical record...

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Isidore the Younger

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less awesome than the first but 6 metres (20 ft) taller. The reconstruction is also recorded in Paul the Silentiary, Theophanes the Confessor and John...

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Byzantine Greeks

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" Earl 1968, p. 148. Paul the Silentiary. Descriptio S. Sophiae et Ambonis, 425, Line 12 ("χῶρος ὅδε Γραικοῖσι"); Theodore the Studite. Epistulae, 419...

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Templon

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archaeological evidence of early templa, the first and most detailed description of a templon comes from a poem by Paul the Silentiary, describing Hagia Sophia in...

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560s

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rebuilt. Paul the Silentiary, Byzantine poet, writes an epic poem (Ekphrasis). The last Ostrogothic strongholds at Verona and Brixia are taken by the Eastern...

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Sangarius Bridge

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poems of Paul the Silentiary and Agathias, dating to the year 562, celebrate its completion, and the chronicler Theophanes records that the work began...

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List of editiones principes in Greek

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Political Voices from the Age of Justinian: Agapetus, Advice to the Emperor; Dialogue on Political Science; Paul the Silentiary, Description of Hagia...

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Eisig Silberschlag

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Quarterly Journal of Jewish Life and Thought, vol. 5, no. 2, Spring 1956 Paul the Silentiary (1945). Shire ahavah [Love Poems] (in Hebrew). New York: Histadrut...

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Agathias

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The Suda clarifies that Agathias was active in the reign of the Roman emperor Justinian I, mentioning him as a contemporary of Paul the Silentiary, Macedonius...

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Dioscorus of Aphrodito

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only was Agathias now writing there, but also Paul the Silentiary and Romanus the Melodist. In respect to the Aphroditans' tax problems, Dioscorus was able...

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Iasos

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v. 2; Pliny. Naturalis Historia, v. 29. Paul the Silentiary. Description of Hagia Sophia, ii. 213. Livy. The History of Rome, [1]. Athenaeus. Deipnosophistae...

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