De expeditione Heraclii imperatoris

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De expeditione Heraclii imperatoris is a Byzantine Greek epic poem by George of Pisidia that celebrates Emperor Heraclius’s military campaigns against the Persians in the early 7th century.

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instanceOf Byzantine Greek epic poem ⓘ
literary work ⓘ
associatedPerson Patriarch Sergius I of Constantinople ⓘ
associatedWith Constantinople ⓘ
author George of Pisidia ⓘ
commemorates Heraclius’s victories over the Persians ⓘ
composedIn 7th century ⓘ
contrasts Byzantine Christian piety with Persian enemies ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Byzantine Empire ⓘ
culturalSphere Eastern Roman (Byzantine) culture ⓘ
depicts campaigns of Emperor Heraclius in the early 7th century ⓘ
wars between the Byzantine Empire and the Sasanian Empire ⓘ
describes campaigns against the Sasanian king Khosrow II ⓘ
focusesOn Heraclius’s eastern campaigns ⓘ
genre epic poetry ⓘ
panegyric ⓘ
hasProtagonist Emperor Heraclius ⓘ
linked to: Heraclius
historicalContext Byzantine–Sasanian conflict over the Near East ⓘ
historicalGenre historical epic ⓘ
influencedBy Christian theology ⓘ
classical Greek epic tradition ⓘ
intendedAudience Byzantine imperial court ⓘ
language Byzantine Greek ⓘ
literaryForm political-heroic epic ⓘ
literaryFunction imperial propaganda ⓘ
literaryPeriod Early Byzantine period ⓘ
literaryTradition Byzantine literature ⓘ
mainSubject Byzantine–Sasanian War of 602–628 ⓘ
Heraclius ⓘ
military campaign against the Sasanian Persians ⓘ
meter Byzantine accentual verse (political verse or related form) ⓘ
narrativePerspective supporter of Heraclius ⓘ
originalLanguage Greek ⓘ
placeOfComposition Constantinople (probable) ⓘ
politicalOrientation pro-imperial ⓘ
portraysAs Heraclius as divinely aided ruler ⓘ
praises Christian God for military success ⓘ
Emperor Heraclius ⓘ
linked to: Heraclius
preservedAs medieval manuscript tradition ⓘ
relatedWorkByAuthor Bellum Avaricum ⓘ
Heraclias ⓘ
religiousContext Christian ⓘ
scholarlyField Byzantine studies ⓘ
studiedIn classics and medieval Greek philology ⓘ
timeOfSetting early 7th century ⓘ
uses classical and biblical imagery ⓘ
workTitleInEnglish On the Expedition of Emperor Heraclius ⓘ
workTitleInLatin De expeditione Heraclii imperatoris ⓘ

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George of Pisidia → notableWork → De expeditione Heraclii imperatoris ⓘ
De expeditione Heraclii imperatoris → workTitleInLatin → De expeditione Heraclii imperatoris ⓘ
De expeditione Heraclii imperatoris → workTitleInEnglish → On the Expedition of Emperor Heraclius ⓘ
linked to: De expeditione Heraclii imperatoris