De Monacho Superbo: BHG 1450x

As every handbook of Byzantine Civilisation is quick to point out, the literature of the East Roman Empire was notoriously unoriginal. It is a fact of life with which Byzantinists have to learn to live, and so, somewhat paradoxically, must those who concern themselves with Byzantine hagiography; for whilst hagiography alone can claim the distinction of being a Byzantine creation amongst literary genres, it must also accept the stigma of being amongst the least creative areas of Byzantine literary activity.