V originále
To kyrio thema tou arthrou einai i afeleia ton gerateion os logotechniko motivo. Prospatho na tekmirioso oti i proti emfanisi tou en logo motivou stin elliniki logotechnia den chronologeitai stis arches tou 16ou aiona me to poiima Peri gerontos na mi pai koritsi, opos pistevetai genikos. To motivo, sychna me satiriki apochrosi, emfanizetai olo kai pio sychna sti vyzantini logotechnia apo ton 12o aiona kai meta. To arthro synkentronetai archika sto thema tou anisou gamou kai sti synecheia parousiazei allou tropous tis diakomodisis ton gerateion sti poiisi kai se satirika peza. Anaferontai kai merika deigmata tou motivou stin istoriografia. Prospatho na ypostirixo to oti i emfanisi tou en logo thematos, typikou gia tin Evropaiki logotechnia tis Anagennisis kai meta, den parousiazei mia exairesi sti logotechnia tou 12ou aiona, alla einai ena apo ta neoteristika stoicheia tis logotechnias tis epochis ton Komninon.
In English
This paper focuses on the folly of old age as a literary motif. It aims to demonstrate that the first appearance of the motif in Greek literature is not in the early 16th century vernacular poem Peri gerondos na mi pari koritsi, as is generally believed. To the contrary, the motif of foolish old people, often treated satirically, emerges in Byzantine literature from the twelfth century onwards. The paper places its initial focus on the theme of unequal marriage and then presents other ways of mocking older people in poetry and in satire. It also discusses the use of the same motif in Byzantine historiography. The overall conclusion is that the emergence of this motif, typical for European literature of the Renaissance and afterwards, does not constitute a rare exception, but plays a major part in the innovative tendencies of the Komnenian period.