Late Antique Historiography

Gainias

Title(s):
  • Gainias
  • Γαϊνιάς
    (Gainias, Epic on Gainas)
Author:
Period covered:
Revolt of Gainas (399-400)
Language:
Greek
State of Preservation:
Fragmentary
Genre:
  • Poetry (historical epic)
Remarks:
This is an epic poem covering the revolt of Gainas.
Edition - Translation:
Fragments:
  • Socrates of Constantinople, Ecclesiastical history 6.6.36
Users:
Sources:
Bibliography:
  • G.C. Hansen (1995) Sokrates: Kirchengeschichte (Die griechischen christlichen Schriftsteller der ersten Jahrhunderte, NF 5). Berlin.