The four contributors to this volume are skilled practitioners in the delicate art of reading, interpreting, and translating Psellos' work. Each has provided two or three letters in elegant and readable translations that support the argument of their chapter. The nine translations are reason enough to commend this collection, for they successfully represent in English the extraordinary charm and literary value of Psellos' compositions.

Michael J. Jeffreys and Marc D. Lauxtermann, eds. The Letters of Psellos: Cultural Networks and Historical Realities. Oxford studies in Byzantium. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2017.

From Bryn Mawr Classical Review (BMCR). Review by Elizabeth Fisher, George Washington University