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Abstract:

The Byzantine lives of the saints were compiled in accordance with certain literary norms, called the hagiographical canon, that is, in accordance with a certain structure, style, as well as ideological and symbolic principles, such as orientation to the biblical idea and biblical images. This article studies the antique roots of the hagiographical canon and the history of its formation. The article based on the material of the hagiographical works of the authors who lived in the 10th century, Leo the Wise and Nicetas the Paphlagonian, shows how the work of Byzantine authors strictly followed the literary canon and at the same time had individual characteristics, both at the level of the structure of the work, and at the level of its style.

Keywords: Byzantium, Antiquity, hagiography, canon, encomium, structure, style.