History after Dexippus

Title(s):
  • History after Dexippus
  • Ἡ μετὰ Δέξιππον ἱστορία χρονική
    (Hē meta Dexippon historia chronikē, The chronological history after Dexippus)
Period covered:
270-404
Language:
Greek
State of Preservation:
Fragmentary
Genre:
  • Secular history (classicizing history)
  • Secular history (general)
Remarks:
Photius (Bibliotheca 77) mentions two editions, of which the second was less anti-christian than the first. Modern scholars usually argue that the second edition also continued the first edition, which would have run until 395. According to Blockley (1981), three of the fragments that are preserved in the Excerpta de sententiis and Excerpta de legationibus are from the second edition of the History by Eunapius. It has been argued that the history was already published shortly after 378.
Edition - Translation:
  • FHG IV, 7-56
  • R. Blockley (1983) The fragmentary classicising historians of the later Roman Empire. Eunapius, Olympiodorus, Priscus and Malchus. Volume Two: Text, translation and historiographical notes. Liverpool: 2-127.
Fragments:
Bibliography:
  • A. Baldini (1984) Ricerche sulla storia di Eunapio di Sardi. Bologna.
  • A. Baldini, F. Paschoud (2014) 'Εὐναπίου ἱστορία'. In: Griechische Profanhistoriker des fünften nachchristlichen Jahrhunderts, ed. B. Bleckmann - T. Stickler. Stuttgart: 19-50.
  • T.M. Banchich (1988) 'An identification in the Suda: Eunapius on the Huns'. Classical Philology 43: 53.
  • R. Blockley (1981) The fragmentary classicising historians of the later Roman Empire: Eunapius, Olympiodorus, Priscus and Malchus. Volume One. Liverpool.
  • D.F. Buck (1999) 'Did Sozomen use Eunapius' histories?', Museum Helveticum 56: 15-25.
  • R. Goulet (1980) 'Sur la chronologie de la vie et des oeuvres d'Eunape de Sardes'. The Journal of Hellenic Studies 100: 60-61.
  • U. Hartmann (2014) '"Und die Pronoia hat die Menscheit noch nicht verlassen": Die Konstruktion der Geistesgeschichte als pagan gegenwelt in Eunaps Philosophenviten'. In: Griechische Profanhistoriker des fünften nachchristlichen Jahrhunderts, ed. B. Bleckmann - T. Stickler. Stuttgart: 51-84.
  • G. Moravcsik (1958) Byzantinoturcica: Die byzantinischen Quellen der Geschichte der Türkvölker. Berlin: 259-261.
  • F. Paschoud (2006) Eunape, Olympiodore, Zosime: Scripta minora. Receuil d'articles, avec addenda, corrigenda, mise à jour et indices. Bari.