Resumen

SOTO AYALA, Roberto Andrés. Nicephorus Blemides and the sovereign's statue 'O c. 1254 d.C.. Byzantion nea hellás [online]. 2010, n.29, pp. 135-167. ISSN 0718-8471.  doi: 10.4067/S0718-84712010000100009.

This article presents a brief summary of the historie and philological research of the fount (The Sovereign's Statue) of the Byzantine writer Nicephorus Blemides. The discourse belongs to the Byzantine rhetorico-political tradition of the "Mirrors of Princes" and is directed to the Emperor Theodorus II Láscaris. It constitutes and ethico-political admonition to the sovereign and, at the same time, it tells of its author's erudition and of the vogue of classical studies in the Byzantine world of the 13^th century, which was particularly aífected by the devastation of the fourth crusade. The article places historically both the author and his discourse, offers a summary of the work in Spanish language and its presents a complete bibliographical repertory.

Palabras clave : Nicephorus Blemides; Mirrors of Princes; Byzantine rhetoric.