For both classicists and Byzantinists, Byzantine Poetry is the best gateway into a fascinating body of literature that still needs expert tending.

Marc D. Lauxtermann. Byzantine Poetry from Pisides to Geometres: Texts and Contexts. Volume 1. Wiener byzantinische Studien 24/1. Austrian Academy of Sciences Press, 2003.

Marc D. Lauxtermann. Byzantine Poetry from Pisides to Geometres: Texts and Contexts. Volume 2. Wiener byzantinische Studien 24/2. Austrian Academy of Sciences Press, 2019. 

From Bryn Mawr Classical Review (BMCR). Review by Anthony Kaldellis, The Ohio State University