The Legend of Saint Spyridon from Sozomenus’ Ecclesiastical History: literary and structural motives
Abstract
Sozomenus adapts and extends the legend of Saint Spyridon so that ot acquires its own meaning in his Ecclesiastical history. The particular position of the tale in the first book facilitates the division into positive and negative scenes (a device that is peculiar to Sozomenus’ style), while adding new exempla with a clear relationship to the fundamental ideas in his work.
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