Brownworth invokes Homer as an emblem of the classical learning Byzantine civilization preserved and actively practiced: Byzantine schoolchildren studied Homer, and courtiers fluently quoted him even while Dark Age Europe barely maintained literacy.
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Episode 17 (2 mentions)
Brownworth invokes Homer as an emblem of the classical learning Byzantine civilization preserved and actively practiced: Byzantine schoolchildren studied Homer, and courtiers fluently quoted him even while Dark Age Europe barely maintained literacy.
“Byzantine schoolchildren were studying Homer and Aeschylus”
“Byzantine bakers debated theology emperors and princesses wrote histories and perfumed courtiers fluidly quoted Homer”