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en-wikipedia-org-2260		Byzantine literature - Wikipedia			.html	text/html	11556	912	55	Byzantine literature is the Greek literature of the Middle Ages, whether written in the territory of the Byzantine Empire or outside its borders.[1] It forms the second period in the history of Greek literature after Ancient Greek literature.[1] According to the Victorian Edmund Martin Geldart, although popular Byzantine literature and early Modern Greek literature both began in the 11th century, the two are indistinguishable.[2] The prestige of the Attic literature remained undiminished until the 7th century AD, but in the following two centuries when the existence of the Byzantine Empire was threatened, city life and education declined, and along with them the use of the classicizing language and style. The political recovery of the 9th century instigated a literary revival, in which a conscious attempt was made to recreate the Hellenic-Christian literary culture of late antiquity.[1] Simple or popular Greek was avoided in literary use and many of the early saints' lives were rewritten in an archaizing style.	./cache/en-wikipedia-org-2260.html	./txt/en-wikipedia-org-2260.txt