The Chronography of George Synkellos

ISBN-13: 9780199241903 / Angielski / Twarda / 2002 / 600 str.

Georgios; George Synkellos; William Adler

Opis

George Synkellos, a monk of Constantinople who once held a position of authority under the patriarch Tarasios, composed (in Greek) a chronicle of universal history in the early ninth century. Beginning with the creation of the universe, the chronicle preserves a rich collection of ancient sources, many of them otherwise unknown. The English translation provided here, together with introduction and notes, promises to make this influential and wide-ranging history more accessible to Byzantinists, students of ancient historiography, and specialists in biblical chronology, early Judaism, Egypt, and the Ancient Near East.

Recenzje

a valuable source and contribution

O autorze

Paul Tuffin is Senior Lecturer in Classics, Adelaide University