Paulus Silentiarius vel Graece Παῦλος ὁ Σιλεντιάριος, Constantinopoli mortuus circiter annum 580, fuit poëta apud Palatium Iustiniani I amicusque Agathiae. Multa scripsit epigrammata de amore, quae nobis tradita sunt in Anthologia Palatina. Notius est etiam poëma illud quo Paulus magnificentissimam canit basilicam Byzantinam Sanctae Sophiae.

Opera recensere

Bibliographia recensere

Editiones et versiones operum
  • G. Viansino, ed. et interpr., Paolo Silenziario: Epigrammi. 1963 (Graece, Italiane)
  • C. De Stefani, ed., Paulus Silentiarius: Descriptio Sanctae Sophiae; Descriptio Ambonis. 2011 (Graece)
  • P. N. Bell, interpr., Three political voices from the age of Justinian: Agapetus, Advice to the emperor, Dialogue on political science; Paul the Silentiary, Description of Hagia Sophia. 2009 (Anglice)
Eruditio
  • J. Kostenec, K. Dark, "Paul the Silentiary's description of Hagia Sophia in the light of new archaeological evidence" in Byzantinoslavica vol. 69 (2011) supplementum 3 pp. 88-105
  • R. Macrides, P. Magdalino, "The architecture of ecphrasis: construction and context of Paul the Silentiary's poem on Hagia Sophia" in Byzantine And Modern Greek Studies vol. 12 (1988) pp. 47-82
  • Mary Whitby, "The Occasion of Paul the Silentiary's Ekphrasis of S. Sophia" in Classical Quarterly n.s. vol. 35 (1985) pp. 215–228