Anthony Kaldellis joins me in the lesche to discuss an edited volume he's working, about the transmission of classical texts in the East Roman Empire (aka Byzantium), and why, more generally, classicists should be better informed about the Greek Middle Ages, aka the Byzantine Millennium. Anthony is the host of a wonderful podcast called Byzantium and Friends, which was (and still is) a major inspiration for Lesche. Ancient texts mentioned Photius, BibliothecaEustathius of Thessalonica's comme...