In this article, we analyse two basilikoi logoi by Theophylact of Ohrid addressed to the emperors Constantine Doukas (1081-1091?) and Alexios I Komnenos (1081-1118) and contest recent scholarship which traces criticism to Alexios I by the use of subversion of traditional rhetorical topoi. We do not question the presence of such subversions, but rather their function in the text. For that, they are studied in their performative contexts: ceremonial events, performative practices and the political circumstances in which their composition possibly took place and when they were performed. By doing so, it is noticeable that criticism to the emperor in such situations is hardly conceivable and the inadequacies of the praises present in the texts can be interpreted as a response to already existing criticism to current imperial policy. Moreover, by comparing both orations as autonomous works, it is possible to perceive a clear shift both in the power balances in the recently established Komnenian consortium and in the relationship between Theophylact and major political player of his time

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奥赫里德的 Theophylact 在 basilikoi logoi 中的表演、仪式和权力

在这篇文章中，我们分析了奥赫里德的 Theophylact 写给君士坦丁·杜卡斯 (1081-1091?) 和阿莱克修斯一世 Komnenos (1081-1118) 皇帝的两个 basilikoi logoi，并质疑最近通过使用颠覆来追溯对阿莱克修斯一世的批评的学术研究。传统的修辞话题。我们不质疑这种颠覆的存在，而是质疑它们在文本中的作用。为此，他们在其表演背景下进行研究：仪式事件、表演实践以及他们的创作可能发生的政治环境以及表演的时间。通过这样做，值得注意的是，在这种情况下对皇帝的批评是难以想象的，并且文本中出现的赞美的不足可以被解释为对已经存在的对当前帝国政策的批评的回应。而且，