ContentsList of FiguresAcknowledgementsList of
AbbreviationsIntroductionChapter 1: Rhetoric in the Byzantine
ChurchEloquence and Painting: Byzantine PerspectivesThe Structure
of Byzantine RhetoricThe Teaching of Byzantine RhetoricRhetoric and
Christian Literature
Chapter 2: DescriptionThe Literary GenreDescriptions of
WarDescriptions of TortureDescriptions of Spring
Chapter 3: AntithesisThe Antithesis in Byzantine Art and
LiteratureThe Birth of Christ and the Death of the VirginThe Lord
Enthroned on a DonkeyThe Centurion's Son and the Canaanite Woman's
Daughter
Chapter 4: Hyperbole The Flight of Symeon
Chapter 5: LamentThe Lament in RhetoricThe Lament of the Virgin
in Byzantine LiteratureThe Lament of the Virgin in Byzantine
Art
