What are the characteristics of Byzantine literature?

In the vast ocean of Byzantine literature, the most prominent feature of Byzantine literature is that poetry and prose creation are very developed. At that time, Byzantine prose works can be divided into theology, chronology and chronology, autobiography and biography of saints, letters and eulogies, novels and satirical sketches, and poetry can be divided into hymns, narrative poems, romantic poems, various satirical poems and limericks.

Byzantine Empire not only has a wealth of official or private history books, but also a large number of biographical literature, which has become an important supplement to dynastic history, chronicle history and church history. Biographical literature includes biographies of emperors, sages and autobiographies. In the 4th century AD, the Biography of Constantine the Great written by Eusebius and the Biography of Anthony written by Anastasius inspired the writing enthusiasm of many priests and created the writing style of Byzantine biographies. At one time, there were many biographies with different styles, including many excellent works. In the 6th and 7th centuries, hillier (525-559)' s Biography of the Saints of the East and Leo Teus' Biography of the Bishop of Alexandria pushed biographical writing to another height. Their records of Palestinian and Egyptian Christians pay attention to the inner activities of the characters, and tap their kind and kind characters from the deeds of helping the poor. They are vivid and touching to read and make people cry, and have been widely praised. Anna's Biography of Alexis I and John VI's Autobiography are masterpieces of the emperor's biography.